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Auction: 325 - Ancient Coins: The Squires Collection and The Mendon Collection
Lot: 6

Sicily. Syracuse. Issued under Hieron I (478-466 BC). AR Tetradrachm, struck ca. 475-470 BC. 17.28 gms. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above to crown horses, rev. ΣYPA-KOΣI-ON (retrograde), Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 347 (v170/R245). Obverse struck from early stage eroding dies, slight weakness on Arethusa’s hair. Attractive pearl and amber highlights, pleasing style. Near Extremely Fine

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