381, Lot: 56. 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, 17.18 g, 3h). Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethousa right, hair in wide band; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXIV, 722 (V355/R493); HGC 2, 1323; SNG ANS 244; BMC 109; Jameson 779 (all from the same dies). Near VF, toned, a couple die breaks on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.