206, Lot: 31. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.23 g, 11h). 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 swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 519 (V271/R369); SNG ANS 167 (same dies). Near VF, toned.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.