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374, Lot: 149. Estimate $250.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 17.00 g, 7h). Struck circa 440-430 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, ketos left / Head of Arethousa right, hair drawn up in thin band; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVIII, 604 (V296/R410); HGC 2, 1315. Near VF, toned, a few nicks, minor porosity on obverse, encrustation on reverse.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (28 March 1979), lot 37.