294, Lot: 90. Estimate $750. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 3h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XV, – (V274/R366 [unlisted die combination]); SNG ANS 172 (same dies). VF, toned, area of weak strike and minor metal flaw on reverse. Rare die combination.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1152.