126, Lot: 15. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 1). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above, crowning horses, ketos right in exergue / Diademed head of Arethusa right, hair rolled and tucked under diadem; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 510 (V268/R363); SNG ANS 162 (same obverse die). EF, obverse die rust, light scuff on hair behind ear.