Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 270. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $3775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 425-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.29 gm). Obverse die signed by Exakestidas. Athena driving galloping quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, placing wreath tied with fillet on Athena's head; two amphorae in exergue connected by line; signature EXAKESTIDAS on exergual line / Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress. Westermark & Jenkins 149.21 (O8/R15) = Basel 313 = Jameson 523 (this coin); SNG ANS 1205; SNG Lloyd 871 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 163; SNG Lockett 725 (same dies); Boston MFA 260 (same dies). VF, attractively toned, well-centered and struck with a bold signature. ($2500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Sammlung Ludwig (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 313; Hess-Leu (27 March 1956), lot 75; R. Jameson Collection, 523; Sir Arthur Evans Collection.