CNG 87, Lot: 229. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.48 g, 9h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethusa right, hair in band; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XVIb, 576 (V288/R392); SNG ANS 183. EF, underlying luster, typical short flan, small die break in hair.

Ex Collection C.G. (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 152; Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 112.