CNG 91, Lot: 68. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.71 g, 6h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIIIa, 408 (V211/R288); SNG ANS 128; Hunterian 20; Bement 1050 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, a few light cleaning marks under tone. Rare first issue of the Second Democracy at Syracuse.