Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.21 g, 1h). Struck circa 450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, hair bound in thin band, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣIO-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XV, 512 (V269/R364); HGC 2, 1312; SNG ANS 164; SNG München 1015; Boston MFA 367 = Warren 330 (all from the same dies). EF, toned, very light deposits. Excellent detail for issue.


Ex Roma III (31 March 2012), lot 71.