294, Lot: 104. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.27 g, 12h). Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethusa right, hair in wide band; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XXIV, 720.4 (V354/R491 – this coin); SNG ANS 242; Bement 483; Boston MFA 395 = Warren 345; McClean 2683 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, slightly compact flan, die break on obverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 257.