370, Lot: 32. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.94 g, 3h). Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses with open wreath / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXV, 727 (V354/R483); HGC 2, –; SNG ANS 241 (same dies). VF, toned, cleaning marks.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from CNG, November 2003.