Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 373. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002. Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 480-475 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.33 gm). Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer - (V89/R134 - unlisted die combination); SNG ANS 62/70 (same reverse die); Randazzo 358 (same dies). Nice VF, well centered, lightly toned. Apparently only the second recorded specimen from this die combination. ($1000)