Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 112. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003. Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.48 gm). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above, crowning horses, ketos right in exergue / Head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace with pendant, hair bound with a band wrapped around head three times; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 576 (V288/R392); SNG ANS 183. Lustrous EF, worn reverse die with several die breaks in hair, smallish flan. ($1500)