A Very Important Series of Coins of Syracuse mostly from a Distinguished European Collector
Tetradrachm circa 310-305, AR 16.94 g. Head of Kore-Persephone l., wearing barley wreath, triple-pendant earring and necklace; beneath neck truncation, NΙ. Around, three dolphins. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer, holding reins in l. hand and kentron in outstretched r.; above, trisceles. In exergue, ΑΙ ligate. SNG ANS 637 (this obverse die). SNG Fitzwilliam 1327 (this obverse die). Boston, MFA 458 (this obverse die). Ierardi 7. A portrait of excellent style struck on fresh metal. Struck on a narrow flan, otherwise extremely fine From a Swiss collection. Privately purchased from Tkalec in 1995 and notarized as being in Switzerland in 2003.