294, Lot: 109. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.85 g, 5h). Unsigned dies in the style of Phrygillos. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Head of Arethusa left, hair in wide band; four dolphins around / Charioteer, holding torch, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, grain ear left. Tudeer 50a (V17/R30 – this coin); SNG ANS 276 (same rev. die). VF, toned, harshly cleaned. The sole example of this die pair cited by Tudeer.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Egger (10 December 1906), lot 193.