Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 81. Closing Date: Jan 
  10, 2005. Estimate $1000 Sold For  $1250 

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR 
Tetradrachm (17.06 gm, 7h). Struck circa 450 BC. 
Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding 
kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike 
flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos 
right / SYRAKOSION, diademed head of Arethusa 
right, surrounded by four dolphins swimming 
clockwise. Boehringer Series XV, 522 (V272/R371); 
SNG ANS 168; SNG Copenhagen 647; McClean 2667 
(same obverse die); de Luynes 1176 (same obverse 
die); Boston MFA 320 (same obverse die); Weber 
1584 (same obverse die). Good VF, toned, some find 
patina remaining, obverse a little off-center. ($1000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection. Ex Superior 
Galleries (8 December 1999), lot 1419; Superior 
Stamp and Coin (31 May 1989), lot 6017.

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