118, Lot: 27. Estimate $250. Sold for $471. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.16 g). Struck circa 430-420 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above and crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, wearing ampyx and sakkos decorated with meander pattern, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 641 (V326/R441); SNG ANS 206 (same dies). Fine, lightly toned, relatively problem free.