118, Lot: 26. Estimate $200. Sold for $445. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.63 g). Struck circa 478-472 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above and crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 275 (V127/R190); SNG ANS -; Randazzo 458. Fine, toned. Rare die combination, only one specimen cited by Boehringer and one in Randazzo.