CNG 102, Lot: 137. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.14 g, 12h). Struck circa 450 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 XV, 510 (V268/R363); HGC 2, 1311. VF, lightly toned, minor die rust on obverse, die shift on reverse.
From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection, purchased from Rich Pearlman, 13 September 2008.