Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 353. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-406 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.48 gm). Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethusa right, hair tied with ribbon over head and bound at back of head in sakkos, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series XXIV, 721 (V355/R492); SNG ANS 243 (same dies); Jameson 1912 (same dies). VF, darkly toned, typical ragged flan, surfaces a little rough. ($750)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.