370, Lot: 29. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.16 g, 7h). Struck circa 430-420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; [olive branch in exergue] / Diademed head of Arethousa right, hair in sakkos; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXI, 656 (V331/R451); HGC 2, 1319; McClean 2688 (same dies); Pozzi 594 (same dies). Near VF, lightly toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Electronic Auction (30 June 2005), lot G13.