CNG 100, Lot: 1283. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.21 g, 1h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands; [in exergue, ketos right] / Head of Arethousa right, hair in wide band, wearing hoop earring and necklace with pendants; Σ-V-RAKOΣ-I-O-И and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVIa, 564 (V285/R379); HGC 2, 1311; SNG München 1023 (same dies); Bement 475 (same dies); Dewing 808 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, traces of find patina.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from Maison Platt, February 1988.