Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection

294, Lot: 45. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 412-403 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.98 g, 11h). Obverse die signed by H(erakleidas). Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; H in exergue / Diademed head of young male (Apollo?) left. Mirone 55; Rizzo pl. XIV, 2 (same rev. die); SNG ANS 1259. Near VF, toned, areas of minor roughness, small test cut at edge on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 961.