ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Sicily, Syracuse (c.510-490 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.33g, 9h. SYRAQO / SION, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding the reins, driving a slow quadriga right. Rev. Head of Arethusa facing left, within a small incuse circle, a quadripartite incuse square pattern surrounds the circle, the quarters slightly textured (Boehringer 12 (V9/R6); Rizzo, pl. XXXIV, 4; SNG ANS 3 (this reverse die); Antikenmuseum Basel 421). Superb style, good metal, iridescent old cabinet tone, good very fine. Very rare.
Ex Comtesse De Béhague Collection, J. Vinchon, Noveau Drouot, Paris, 14 April 1984, lot 42
Estimate: $17,500