294, Lot: 98. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.14 g, 11h). 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, 647 (V327/R444); SNG ANS 211; BMC 114; Pozzi 597 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, compact, irregular flan.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1167.