294, Lot: 105. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.92 g, 3h). 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, 722 (V355/R493); SNG ANS 244; Bement 482; BMC 109; Jameson 779 (all from the same dies). Near VF, toned, compact flan, struck from worn obverse die, rough surfaces on obverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 252.