294, Lot: 89. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14 g, 12h). 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, 527 (V273/R370); SNG ANS 169 (same dies); BMC 93 (same dies). VF, toned, flan flaw on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 205.