116, Lot: 82. Estimate $400. Sold for $465. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.10 g). Struck circa 440-430 BC. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding reins and kentron; Nike flying above crowning charioteer, ketos in exergue / Head of Arethusa right, hair drawn up over head into a korymbos, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer Series XVIII, 599 (V295/R406); SNG ANS 196 (same obverse die). Fine, toned.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.