294, Lot: 92. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.96 g, 11h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XVIa, 554 (V282/R385); SNG ANS 180 (same obv. die); BMC 99 (same dies); Boston MFA 373 = Warren 327 (same dies). VF, toned, die break on obverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 196.