370, Lot: 26. Estimate $200. Sold for $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.74 g, 1h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVIa, 554 (V282/R385); HGC 2, 1311; BMC 99 (same dies); Boston MFA 373 = Warren 327 (same dies). VF, toned, areas of roughness, a few marks.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Christie’s (21 October 1980), lot 64.