Watch List notes:

Ancients
SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy. Ca. 450-405 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.39 gm, 7h). NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Struck ca. 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; Nike flying right above, crowning horses; ketos right in exergue / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-ΟΝ, diademed head of Arethusa right; hair bound in triple-stranded fillet, wearing hoop earring with two beads, and beaded necklace with pendant; four dolphins around. Boehringer 571 (V287/R391). SNG ANS 184 (same dies). Pozzi 581 (same dies). Jameson 769 (same dies). HGC 2, 1311. Marvelous transitional dies, showing both archaic and classical conventions.

Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3037 NYINC (5 January 2015), lot 30871

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