245, Lot: 41. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 g, 4h). Struck circa 420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethusa right, hair bound in sakkos, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 694 (V3426/R473); SNG ANS 230 (same obv. die). Near VF, flan splits.
From the R.D. Frederick Collection.