Ancient Coins

Greek Coinages, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, 430-425, charioteer driving biga right, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right, 16.70g (SNG ANS 23); Leontini, Tetradrachm, c. 430, laureate head of Apollo left, rev. lion’s head left, surrounded by four barley grains, 16.29g (Boehringer 12.53); Syracuse, Second Democracy, Tetradrachm, c. 450-440, charioteer driving slow quadriga right, Nike flying above crowning horses with wreath, rev. συρακοσιον, head of Arethusa right, hair tied up in thin band, four dolphins around, 17.20g (Boehringer series XVIa, 566 [V285/R385]) [3]. First and last tooled, second with some cleaning scratches, otherwise fine, toned £200-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir Gerard Clauson Collection of Ancient Coins.

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