Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 231. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.15 g, 3h). Struck circa 430 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, hair in band; four dolphins around. Boehringer 651 (V329/R446); SNG ANS 214 (same dies); Pozzi 587 (same dies). Good VF, dark iridescent toning. Stuck on an unusually broad flan.