173, Lot: 316. Estimate $750. Sold for $951. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.87 g). Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 70 (V34/R36). VF, toned, a little porous.
From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Crédit Suisse 3 (19 April 1985), lot 119.