Watch List notes:

SICILY. Katane. Circa 450-430 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.57 g, 3 h). Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding kentron in his left hand and reins in his right; above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with a wreath. Rev. KATAN[AION] Laureate head of Apollo to right. Mirone 43 (same obverse die). Rizzo pl. XI, 6 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 1250 (same dies). Beautifully toned and of excellent style. With the usual small die break on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Leu Web Auction 3, 25 February 2018, 83 and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005.