294, Lot: 97. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.16 g, 3h). Struck circa 430 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, hair in sakkos; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XX, 642 (V326/R442); SNG ANS 207; BMC 112; Jameson 783; Pozzi 592; Weber 1591 (all from the same dies). Fine, toned, typical compact flan, a couple flan flaws on obverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 202.