CNG 85, Lot: 187. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 450-445 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.17 g, 3h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right / Wreathed head of Apollo right. Mirone 40 (same dies); SNG ANS 1241-2 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 891 (same dies); Rizzo pl. X, 12 (same dies); Gulbenkian 891 (same dies). Good VF, toned, overstruck on uncertain type (small indications on reverse). Excellent metal.
From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Numismatica Genevensis IV (11 December 2006), lot 31.