Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 223. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.24 g, 7h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer 571 (V287/R391); SNG ANS 184 (same dies); Pozzi 581 (same dies); Jameson 769 (same dies). Near EF, toned, flat strike in center of reverse, typical compact flan.