Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.33 g, 1h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣIO-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIVb, 499 (V263/R356); HGC 2, 1312; SNG ANS 158; BMC 80; Jameson 762 (all from the same dies). Near EF, light gray toning with hues of gold. Struck from artistic reverse die.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 227; Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 77.