Ex American Numismatic Society and Francis Collections
96 Year Pedigree

436, Lot: 94. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.23 g, 1h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VII, 90.2 (V44/R59 – this coin); HGC 2, 1306; SNG ANS 23 (same dies); SNG München 930 (same dies). VF, toned. Fine style.

Ex Duplicates from the American Numismatic Society Collection (Gemini V, 6 January 2009), lot 344; ANS accession no. 1987.25.15 (from the 1987 Damia Francis Bequest); John R. Francis († c. 1987) Collection; Naville V (18 June 1923), lot 1028.