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18 SYRACUSE. Tetradrachm circa 460-440 BC. 17,19 g. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding
kentron in right hand, reins with both; Nike flying above crowning horses, ketos in exergue // Diademed
head of Arethusa right, hair tied behind neck in three rolls, surrounded by four dolphins swimming
clockwise. Boehringer 524 (V272/R369); SNG ANS 167 (same reverse die); SNG Lockett 935 (same
reverse die). Flan crack, otherwise good very fine 1.000.-
Provenance: Auction Glendining & Co. LTD, London (UK), 13 December 1963, lot n°148; Auction Adolph Hess AG
249, Lucerne (Switzerland), 13 November 1979, lot n°100.

19 SYRACUSE. Democracy after Athenian Siege, 413-406 BC. Tetradrachm circa 415-405 BC. Dies signed
by Euainetos. 17,18 g. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in
left; Nike flying above crowning charioteer, wheel in exergue, exergual line signed EVAINETO // Head of
Arethusa left, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; signature EV below bust. Coll. Evans 917 (this
specimen); SNG ANS 265 (same dies); Tudeer 36 (dies V12/R19). Rare. Very fine with nice toning 2.000.-
Provenance: Auction Dr. Jacob Hirsch XIV, Munich (Germany), 27 November 1905, lot n°205; Sir Arthur Evans
Collection, Auction Ars Classica XII, Lucerne (Switzerland), 18 October 1926, lot n°917; Auction Adolph Hess AG 254,
Lucerne (Switzerland), 25 October 1983, lot n°105.
20 SYRACUSE. Fourth Democracy, 289-287 BC. Litra. 8,77 g. Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right,
quiver over shoulder // Winged thunderbolt. CNS II, 138; HGC 2, 0130. Good very fine 50.-

21 SYRACUSE. Pyrrhus, 278-275 BC. Bronze. 8,43 g. 21 mm. Wreathed head of Persephone right, wearing
single-pendant earring and necklace; ear of grain behind // Demeter seated right, holding sceptre in left
arm, stalk of barley in right. SNG Copenhagen 96 var. Fine - very fine 50.-
Provenance: Auction Adolph Hess AG 249, Lucerne (Switzerland), 13 November 1979, lot n°164.

22 SYRACUSE. Hieron II, 275-216 BC. Bronze Hemilitron circa 230-215 BC. 17,30 g. Diademed head of
Hieron II to left // Horseman, holding couched spear in right hand, riding right; below, A. Calciati 195 R1
16; HGC 2, 1548; SNG ANS 923 var. Good very fine 100.-
Provenance: Auction H.J. Knopek, Cologne (Germany), 11 May 1979, lot n°89.

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