Lot 41 - Auction Gemini XII

EX NFA 1980. Sicily. Syracuse.  - ...
EX NFA 1980. Sicily. Syracuse.  - ...
EX NFA 1980. Sicily. Syracuse. - c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.12g (6h). Obv: Slow quadriga driven right by charioteer in long chiton; ... Read more
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EX NFA 1980.
Sicily. Syracuse. - c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.12g (6h). Obv: Slow quadriga driven right by charioteer in long chiton; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣVPΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa right with dotted neck truncation, wearing necklace and beaded fillet; four dolphins around. Boehringer 45 (V26/R29). Minor marks on both obverse and reverse. Toned About EF
Ex Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 October 2009, lot 41. Ex Hess-Divo 310, 22 October 2008, lot 30. Ex NFA 9, 10 December 1980, lot 69a
Notes
One of the earliest issues struck under the tyrant Gelon I, according to C. Arnold-Biucchi, NACQT 36 (2007), pp. 65 f. When asked by Syracusan oligarchs to remove their political opponents, Gelon, tyrant of Gela, did that and more: he also suppressed the oligarchs themselves, and set himself up as tyrant of Syracuse
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