Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 157. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.13 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 around. Boehringer series XV, 505 (V267/R361); SNG ANS 160 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Overstruck on uncertain type.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.