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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 3500 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 57

SICILY. Syracuse. Period of the Second Democracy - Dionysios I, 413-399 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.27 g, 10 h), signed by Parmenides on the reverse. Charioteer, holding reins and kentron, driving a quadriga rushing to left, about to turn; above, Nike flying right to crown the driver; below the hooves of the horse in the foreground, chariot wheel; in exergue, barley ear. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Arethusa to left, wearing ampyx and sphendone decorated with stars, triple pendant earring and simple necklace; around, three dolphins swimming in different directions, with a fourth emerging from under the neck truncation; below, ΠΑΡΜΕ. BMC 213 (same dies). Jameson 836 (same dies). Fischer-Bossert/Tudeer 77. Toned and with a splendid head of Arethusa. Obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Arethusa Collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 23:51:02 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Juni 2021 at 10:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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