CNG 106, Lot: 40. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Panormos (as Ziz). Circa 340-320 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 5h). Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath she holds with both hands; Punic
ṢYṢ in exergue / Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four dolphins swimming around, pellet to outer left. Jenkins,
Punic 67 (O18/R54); HGC 2, 1022. Good VF, toned, slightly off center on reverse.
Ex Auctiones eAuction 41 (18 October 2015), lot 3; Auctiones eAuction 31 (23 November 2014), lot 12.