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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 359. Estimate $2000. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. 
Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.43 gm). Struck circa 405-395 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; grain ear in exergue / Head of Arethusa left, wearing looped earrings and beaded necklace, hair in ampyx and sphendone ornamented with stars, surrounded by four dolphins. Tudeer 82 (V30/R55); cf. Boehringer, Dionysios, pl. 38, 3; SNG ANS 290 (same dies). Good VF, underlying luster, small flan flaw on reverse. ($2000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.