294, Lot: 95. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.21 g, 9h). Struck circa 430 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, hair in wide band; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIX, 631 (V319/R434); SNG ANS 201 (same dies). VF, toned, compact flan.
From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 219.