80, Lot: 5. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 430-420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.35 gm). Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying above crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right wearing ampyx and sakkos decorated with meander pattern, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 645 (V327/R444); SNG ANS 210 (same dies); SNG Lockett 954 (same dies). VF, areas of weak strike.