Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 108. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.27 g, 10h). Struck circa 450 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 XV, 534 (V273/R375); SNG ANS 171 (same obv. die); BMC 90 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light die rust on obverse, small area of roughness on reverse. Overstruck on uncertain type.
From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection. Ex K. Davis 41 (Spring 2003), no. 21.