Ex Bement Collection - Cited in Bodenstedt
375, Lot: 221. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.35 g, 2h). Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethousa right, hair in sphendone; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXIV, 722.6 (V355/R493) = Bement 482 (this coin); HGC 2, 1323. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse, die break on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex David Johnson Collection (Noble 99, 17 April 2012), lot 3620; Noble 78A (5 April 2005), lot 4941; Noble 58A (8 July 1998), lot 3476; Spink 96 (31 March 1993), lot 35; Clarence S. Bement Collection (Naville VII, 23 June 1924), lot 482.