Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 157. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.13 g, 11h). 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, 505 (V267/R361); SNG ANS 160 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Overstruck on uncertain type.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.