Syracuse. Tetradrachm circa 510-500, AR 17.09 g. ΣVRA Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding reins in each hand. Rev. Head of the nymph Arethusa l., hair curving back from forehead with dotted parallel lines and falling over neck, positioned in a circle sunken at the centre of a swastika developed from the quartering of an incuse square. Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 1-2. SNG ANS 5. SNG Lloyd 1277 (these dies). Boehringer 28.
Rare. Of excellent Archaic style and with a superb iridescent tone.
About extremely fine / extremely fine
Ex Roma Numismatics sale VI, 2013, 411.
Price realized | 17'000 CHF |
Starting price | 9'600 CHF |
Estimate | 12'000 CHF |