Well Struck

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 87. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Early Tyrannies. Circa 500-485 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 g, 3h). SVRA, charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding reins in both hands / Head of Arethusa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer series II, 23E (V17/R13); SNG ANS 4; SNG Lloyd 1277; Basel 423 (same rev. die); Traité I 2248. Good VF. Nice metal quality.