Ex Virzi Collection

Triton XVI, Lot: 236. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.22 g, 9h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, dolphin left / Head of Arethusa left, hair in wide band, wearing double-loop earring and plain necklace with frontal pendant; [ΣVP]-AK-OΣ[I-Ω-N] and four dolphins around. Tudeer 102b (dies 35/69 – this coin); Rizzo pl. XLIII, 16 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 444 (same obv. die); Hunterian 92 (same obv. die); de Luynes 1208 & 1210 (same obv. die). Good VF, attractive old collection toning, small die break on reverse. Fine style.

Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 366.