134, Lot: 17. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.52 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, surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 589 (V291/R399); SNG ANS 189 (same obverse die). VF, corroded.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.