Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 159. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1080. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.31 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, 541 (V275/R375); SNG ANS 178; SNG München 1020; Jameson 763; de Luynes 1173 (all from the same dies). VF. Well centered on a broad flan.