SICILY, Katane. Circa 450-445 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.18 g, 12h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right / Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Mirone 30–3; HGC 2, 566 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 1245 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 892 (same obv. die); Gulbenkian 177 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 35 (same dies); Rizzo pl. X, 3 (same dies). Deep cabinet tone. VF. Fine style.
Ex M.J.W. Collection; Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 16; Viscount Wimbourne Collection (but not from his "Outstanding Collection" offered in Leu 81).