Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
Thursday 26 September 2024 hours 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,85 g; 23,5 mm)
Struck 450-440 BC c.ca. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga r.; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath; in exergue, ketos r.; Rv. ΣYRAKOΣI-O-N, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair bound with single thin diadem and rolled in the back; four dolphins around. Boehringer 504 (O267/R360); HGC 1311. Good very fine / near extremely fine.
Ex Auktion Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 (2017), lot 1544; ex Dr. Busso Peus Auction 429 (3-4 November 2021), lot 66.