Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. A Selection of Syracuse Tetradrachms from an Old Collection. A Die Combination Not Recorded by Boehringer. Sicily, Syracuse (Second Democracy, 466-405 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, struck c.420-415 BC, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, grasshopper to right in the exergue, rev ΣYPAK[OΣI]ON, head of Arethusa facing right, her hair in a sakkos, four dolphins swimming around, 17.35g, 4h (Boehringer -; cf 727-728 (V360/R495); Rizzo pl. XL, 17, this reverse die; McClean 2682, pl. 94, 3, this reverse die; Jameson 781, this reverse die; Pozzi 590, this reverse die).A very rare die combination, not recorded by Boehringer, of confident and attractive style, toned, very fine.
ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Volume XCI, Number 6, London, July 1983, 4535

Estimate: £2200-2800