Ex Tom Virzi Collection

294, Lot: 87. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.03 g, 5h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XV, 508 (V268/R362); SNG ANS 161 (same dies); Jameson 764 (same dies). VF, toned, typical somewhat irregular flan.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 190.