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  Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 63. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. SICILY, Katane. Circa 410 BC. AR 
  Tetradrachm (17.01 gm, 9h). Obverse die signed 
  by Herakleidas. Estimate $10000 Sold For $30000 

SICILY, Katane. Circa 410 BC. AR Tetradrachm 
(17.01 gm, 9h). Obverse die signed by Herakleidas. 
Head of Apollo facing slightly left, wearing 
laurel wreath; HRAKLEIDAS downward in right field 
/ KATANAIWN, charioteer driving fast quadriga 
left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in 
both; above, Nike flying right, placing open 
wreath on charioteer's head; in exergue, fish 
left. SNG ANS -; cf. SNG Copenhagen 180; Basel 337 
(same dies); Gulbenkian 190 (same dies); Rizzo pl. 
14, 10 (same dies); Kraay-Hirmer 43 (same dies). 
VF, attractively toned, well struck. Very rare. 
($10,000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.








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