Triton XVI, Lot: 218. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Motya. Circa 405-397 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.90 g, 6h). Head of Arethusa left, in the style of Kimon, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around / Crab within circular incuse. Jenkins, Punic 47 (O6/R9); Rizzo pl. LXV, 9; SNG ANS 501 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1138 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 481 (same obv. die); Jameson 667 (same dies). Good VF, toned, some areas of roughness along edge. Well centered for issue.

Ex Hess-Divo 289 (24 October 2001), lot 12; Hess-Divo 283 (10 May 2000), lot 42; Auctiones 17 (7 June 1988), lot 59; A. Hess 247 (29 June 1978), lot 51.