AR Tetradrachm, 466-405 BC (16.43 g). 

Charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike flying right above, 
crowning his horses, leaf in exergue

SURAKOSION, head of Arethusa right, hair tied together in 
a sakkos, four dolphins around. 

Franke-Hirmer 94; Boehringer 820; cf. Rizzo, pl. XL, 15 
and pl. XL,16. 
A superbly balanced and strikingly classical die, this 
particular rendering has been seen by Rizzo in his Saggi
 Preliminari, p. 41 ff., fig. 26 ff. as a close 
numismatic parallel to the work on the Parthenon in 
Athens. He rightly points out the similarity between the 
style of this particular obverse die and the head of 
Artemis located on the Parthenon`s east frieze (slab E 
iv.40). 
A rare and art historically important coin.

VF, light toning. 
Price   € 5.000,00
Bidding for this auction ended on 01-15-2007

La Galerie Numismatique, Lausanne, Jan. 2010.