52, Lot: 14. Estimate $300. Sold for $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.44 gm). Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above and crowning horses / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CELAS above. Cf. Jenkins 361 (O69/unlisted reverse die); SNG ANS -. Toned, good VF, deteriorated obverse die, light reverse porosity. ($300)

From the John M. McCarthy Collection