Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 162. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2517. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.00 g, 5h). Struck circa 440-430 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethusa right, hair in band; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XVIIa, 586 (V291/R396); SNG ANS 189; McClean 2670; Pozzi 582-3; de Sartiges 128 (all from the same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, light porosity, faint cleaning scratches, slight die shift on reverse.