294, Lot: 91. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.28 g, 3h). Struck circa 450-440 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 XVIa, 554 (V282/R385); SNG ANS 180 (same obv. die); BMC 99 (same dies); Boston MFA 373 = Warren 327. VF, toned, a few deposits and light marks under tone, die break on obverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1154.