375, Lot: 212. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.38 g, 6h). Struck circa 430 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right, hair in sakkos; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XX, 650 (V329/R444); HGC 2, 1319. Near VF, light patch of find patina, compact flan, slightly off center on obverse.
the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 November 2003.