Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 206. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 476-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.25 g, 1h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 4 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 201 (same dies). Good VF, attractive light gray toning, light cleaning marks on reverse, marks on edge, possibly from prior mount.