Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 361. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (2.06 gm). Struck circa 405-395 BC. Head of Athena, head turned slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet; surrounded by four dolphins / Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; two dolphins in exergue. Cf. Boehringer,
Dionysios, pg. 15; SNG ANS 312; SNG Copenhagen 674. Good VF, darkly toned, surfaces a bit rough. ($400)
From the Tony Hardy Collection.