Lustrous Syracuse Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 152. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $5700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.48 g, 9h). Struck circa 450-440 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 XVIb, 576 (V288/R392); SNG ANS 183. EF, underlying luster, typical short flan, small die break in hair.

From Collection C.G. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 112.