Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.97 g, 10h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands; [in exergue, ketos right] / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣI-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVI, 563 (V284/R385E); HGC 2, 1311; SNG ANS 182 (same dies); BMC 97 (same dies). VF, lightly toned.


Ex Künker 174 (27 September 2010), lot 122.