Triton XVIII, Lot: 359. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 405-403/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.37 g, 11h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; KATAN-A-IΩ[N] around / Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath in both hands; in exergue, KATANAIΩ[N] above fish left. Mirone 64 (same dies as illustration); HGC 2, 578 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 1261 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 904 (same dies); Basel –; Boston MFA 268 (same dies); Gulbenkian 194 (same obv. die); Kunsfreund 90 (same obv. die); Jameson 549 (same obv. die); Pozzi 966 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XIV, 9 (same obv. die); de Sartiges 90 (same dies). Good VF, attractive light toning, underlying luster. Struck from an earlier die state than most published specimens.

Ex Nomos 8 (22 October 2013), lot 40; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 17; Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 80.