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Auction: 1012 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1230

Sicily, Syracuse (c.410 BC), AR Tetradrachm, 17.26g, signed by the artist Eumenes, charioteer driving prancing quadriga left, with Nike, holding an open wreath, flying above to crown charioteer, in ex. [ey]mhnoy, rev. ypakoio[n], head of Arethusa left, her hair bound by two ribbons, eymhnoy behind, four dolphins swimming around (Tudeer 23; BMC 44; SNG ANS 258), toned, very fine Estimate £ 1,600-2,000 provenance: Sotheby, 30 March 1995, lot 885

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