Harlan J. Berk

231st Buy or Bid Sale  –  29 April 2025

Harlan J. Berk, 231st Buy or Bid Sale

Ancient and World Coins

Tu, 29.04.2025, from 11:00 PM CEST
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Description

Sicily, Syracuse. Tetradrachm; Sicily, Syracuse; Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-465 BC, Struck under Hieron I, ca. 478-466 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.28g. Boehringer-261 (same dies: V118/R179), HGC-1307. Obv: Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying right above, crowning horses / ΣYRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa right wearing pearl taenia, four dolphins around. A very rare die combination, with only one example noted by Boehringer. Ex Heritage, New York Signature Sale 3044, 3 January 2016, lot 29893. Ex R.A. Climpson Collection (Noble Numismatic 85, 25 July 2007), lot 1420.. VF

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