Ancients
SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 466-460 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.53 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 5/5. Charioteer driving quadriga walking right, kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying right above to crown horses, ketos right in exergue / ΣYRAKOΣI-O-N, pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair brushed straight, looped at back and tucked up under diadem; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 479. SNG ANS 148 (460-440 BC).
Ex Stack's Bowers, private sale; Christie's, Auction 6756 (7 February 1989), lot 7.
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD