Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 298. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.91 g, 6h). Struck circa 425-420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Diademed head of Arethusa right, hair in ornate sakkos; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XXIII, 701 (V345/R479); SNG ANS 236 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, compact flan.

From the J. Olphin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 72.