Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.11 g, 3 h), circa 420-415. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing a double spiral earring and a simple necklace; around, four dolphins. Boehringer 720 (V354/R491). HGC 2, 1323. SNG ANS 242 (same dies). Beautifully toned and well centered. Die break on obverse, otherwise, very fine.


From the Dr. Guy Sylvain Paul Bastin Collection, Künker 367, 6 April 2022, 7067, ex Hirsch 201, 24 September 1998, 86 and previously privately acquired from Kricheldorf in 1957.