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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1643666, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH]237491.vB[/ATTACH]<span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><span style="color: #272727"><font face="Arial">439-420</font></span><span style="color: #000000"> B.C.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 24 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 16.7 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right;&nbsp; dolphins around</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Boehringer&nbsp; </span>703 (V345/R481) <span style="color: #000000">Other: 7h, Near VG-VF, toned, severe die cud on reverse </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Compare an even later strike of these dies:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=68481</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I bought this coin in 1991 because of the chunk missing from the reverse die.&nbsp; You know I like technically odd coins. The coin was intentionally struck favoring the broken area making the face of Arethusa stronger but putting less pressure on the broken area.&nbsp; The CNG coin shows even more damage to the die with the top dolphin having flaked off.&nbsp; If you assembled all of the existing coins of this die, you could arrange them sequentially according to the progressive deterioration of the die.&nbsp; I have no idea how many survive.&nbsp; The die artwork was wonderful but the bean counters made them use this die long after it should have been retired.&nbsp; Of course, I could not have afforded the coin had the whole strike been as nice as the face.&nbsp; Every die in this series was a bit different and the series was studied in depth with dies listed by Boehringer in his book on Syracuse.&nbsp; Here Nike flies to crown the charioteer but earlier in this thread we saw one with Nike crowning the horses.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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