294, Lot: 110. Estimate $1000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.36 g, 3h). Unsigned dies in the style of Parme–. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; [above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer]; in exergue, grain ear left / Head of Arethusa left, hair in sphendone; four dolphins around. Tudeer 74j (V26/R51 – this coin); SNG ANS 284; BMC 211; Jameson 838; McClean 2717 (same dies). VF, toned, compact flan. Fine style.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 356.