The Coinage of Syracuse

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 147. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 g, 2h). Struck under Gelon, circa 485-480 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa left; four dolphins around. Boehringer series IV, 42 (V26/R26); SNG ANS 8; Basel 431; McClean 2601; Jameson 740; Sartiges 121 (all from the same dies). VF, lightly toned.