Triton XIV, Lot: 34. Estimate $15000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.17 g, 6h). Struck circa 430 BC. Nike as charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethusa right, hair in sakkos, wearing double-loop earring and necklace; ΣVRA-KOΣION to right, four dolphins around. Boehringer - (V319/R435 [unrecorded combination]); cf. SNG ANS 200-1/202 (for obv./rev. dies); Gulbenkian 268 (same rev. die); Kunstfreund 108 (same rev. die); Boston MFA 385-6 (same obv. die). EF, some obverse die wear, a few light scratches. Excellent artistry.