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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1821185, member: 44183&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">*rats* </span></font></font></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">... timing is everything, eh? (how come I had to follow AncientJoe?!!) ... oh well, here goes nuthin&#039;</span></font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm</b></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">478-466 BC</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Struck circa 478-475 BC</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Diameter: 24 mm</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Weight: 16.90 grams</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse</font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="4">From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132</font></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]299015[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]299016[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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