Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
giovedì 26 settembre 2024 ore 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (17,17 g; 25,5 mm)
Struck c.ca 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga r.; above, Nike flying r., crowning horses; grasshopper in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethousa r., hair in sphendone; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXV, 727 (V359/R495); HGC 2, 1324; Jameson 781 (same dies); McClean 2682 (same dies); Pozzi 590 (same dies). Good very fine. Fine style.
Ex CNG eAuction 530 (4 January 2023), lot 38. From the Sigmund Collection.