Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Sicily, Syracuse (second Democracy, 466-405 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.26g, 11h. Reverse die signed by Parme(nides), struck c.415-405 B.C. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a fast quadriga left, Nike flies above to right to crown the charioteer, a grain-ear in the exergue. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, head of Arethusa facing left, her hair in a sakkos, and wearing a triple-pendant earring and a necklace, three dolphins swimming around, Π and the signature ΠAPM[E] below (Tudeer 77 (V27/R49); Rizzo, pl. LXVII, 21 (these dies); SNG ANS 287 (these dies); SNG Lockett 976 (these dies); SNG Ashmolean 2003 (these dies); Antikenmuseum Basel 472 (these dies); Prospero 173 (these dies); Jameson 836 (these dies); Boston 416 (these dies)). Outstanding style, the work of a master engraver, lightly toned, nearly extremely fine. One of the classic ancient Greek Tetradrachms.
Ex F. Sternberg, Auction XX, Zurich, 20 April 1988, lot 399

Estimate: $15,000