From the Maddalena Collection

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 74. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Early Tyrannies. Circa 500-485 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.94 g, 1h). Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding reins / Head of Arethusa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer series II, 28 (V20/R14 - this coin listed as specimen 4); SNG ANS 5; SNG Lloyd 1277 (same dies). VF, attractive dark gray toning with light golden hues, slightly granular surfaces. Rare.

Ex Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 643