Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 1
Lot: 36
SICILY: Syracuse. Ca. 470-460 BC. AR tetradrachm (17.18 gm).

Ca. 470-ca. 460 BC. Silver tetradrachm (17.18 gm). 
Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike 
flying right to crown horses / SURAKO-SI-ON, head of 
Arethusa right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem under 
which hair tucked up behind, four dolphins around. 
Boehringer 274 (V126/R190). Randazzo 454 (same dies). 
Toned. Nicely centered. Good very fine 

Ex Commander David R. Hinkle Collection; ex Sotheby's, 
21 January 1981, lot 19. 

Estimated Value: $ 800 

...Sold for $1,050 USD [ approx 798 EUR, 556.5 GBP ] plus 15% buyers fee. 

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) 
                      and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).