Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1231. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $1750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.70 gm). Unsigned reverse die by Parmenides. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above and crowning charioteer, grain ear in exergue / SURA[KOSI]WN, head of Arethusa left, wearing ampyx and sphendone, surrounded by four dolphins swimming. Tudeer 72 (V25/R50); Jameson 837 (same dies). Golden toning, VF. Rare. ($1500)
From the William N. Rudman Collection.