Triton XXVII - Session 1
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 435-412 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.63 g, 12h). Reverse die signed by the "Maestro della foglia". Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga of horses right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; plane leaf to left (signature), KATANAION to right. Mirone –; HGC 2, 572 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 1256 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 898 (same dies); Dewing –; Gillet 392 (same dies); Gulbenkian 185 = Jameson 541 (same dies); Pozzi 417 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XII, 11 (same dies). Toned, minor die flaw on obverse. Good VF. Fine style. Ex Künker 133 (11 October 2007), lot 7930; Sternberg XXVI (16 November 1992), lot 47; R. Cappelli Collection ["Sammlung eines Diplomaten"] (Sternberg XX, with Apparuti, 20 April 1988), lot 259.The masterful artist who engraved the reverse die was identified as "the Leaf Master" by Rizzo because of his use of leaves (laurel, plane and others) as a form of signature.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 476-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.77 g, 10h). Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of roaring lion right; ΛEONTI-NON and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 1 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 660; SNG ANS 200 (same obv. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 1029 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXII, 2 (same dies); Weber 1374 (same obv. die). Lovely old cabinet tone, die break on obverse. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan. Ex I. Vecchi 16 (9 October 1999), lot 63; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 5 (18 April 1986), lot 90; Dr. Fenerly Bey du Phanar Collection (Egger XLI, 18 November 1912), lot 122.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 466-460 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.48 g, 9h). Dies by the Demareteion master. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, lion right / Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; three leaves and LEONT[I]-NO-N around; below, lion right. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 28 (same dies); HGC 2, 665 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 218 (same rev. die); SNG Lloyd 1045 (same dies); Basel 348 (same dies); Dewing 622 = Jameson 626 (same dies); Gillet 439 (this coin); Gulbenkian 210 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 18 = GPCG pl. 15, 44 (same dies); de Luynes 991 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXII, 15 (same dies). Beautiful old cabinet tone. EF. A sublime example of this famous issue, exhibiting the finest style of late archaic-early classical art on coinage. From the Columbus Collection. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 77; Leu 45 (26 May 1988), lot 39; Charles Gillet Collection. Lot also includes a certificate from the IBSCC.One of the earliest of the recognized masters of Sicilian engraving, the unknown artist who created the Demareteion dekadrachm of Syracuse was also responsible for several dies at the neighboring city of Leontini. R. Ross Holloway discusses the relationship of the Leontini tetradrachms with the masterworks of the "Demareteion Master" at Syracuse in "Damarete's Lion," ANSMN XI, pp. 1-11. He regards them as works of the same hand, while Carmen Arnold-Biucchi, in her work on the Randazzo Hoard, sees influence from, but not the work of, the master, with the Leontini piece being a few years later and in a more developed realistic style. In any event, these tetradrachms of Leontini are among the finest works of Sicilian numismatic art.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.28 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LE-O-NT-IN-ON and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 37 (same dies); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 225 (same obv. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 1048 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1054 (same obv. die); Dewing 626 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, a few light marks, light graze on obverse, indication of undertype on reverse. Near EF. Attractive portrait of Apollo. Ex Peus 388 (1 November 2006), lot 84.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LEO-NT-I-NO-N and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 38 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 228 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1053–4; Basel 349; Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 (same obv. die). Lightly toned. Choice EF. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 121; M. L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily (Numismatica Ars Classica 82, 20 May 2015), lot 42; Numismatica Ars Classica 4 (27 February 1991), lot 42.
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.51 g, 6h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LE-O-N-TI-N-ON around; barley grain above, to left, and below; leaf to right. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55 (same dies); HGC 2, 671 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1063 (same obv. die); Basel 353 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). Attractive light toning over lustrous surfaces, typical die break on obverse at an early state. EF. Ex CNG inventory 851453 (August 2009).
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SICILY, Messana (as Zankle). Circa 500-493 BC. AR Litra (9.5mm, 0.60 g). Dolphin left within sickle-shaped harbor; DANKLE below / Nine-part incuse square with scallop shell in center. Gielow 72–8; HGC 2, 768; SNG ANS 306. Find patina. EF. Well centered and quite attractive. Exceptional for issue.
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SICILY, Messana. 480-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.07 g, 6h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right / Hare springing right; MESSE-NI-O-N around. Caltabiano Series IIA, – (unlisted dies); HGC 2, 779 corr. (some without leaf). Lightly toned, some porosity. Near EF. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts 109 (4 May 2022), lot 78 (hammer €4200).
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SICILY, Messana. 478-476 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.33 g, 1h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand, reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; olive leaf and berry in exergue / Hare springing right; MESSE-N-ION around. Caltabiano Series IIB, 75.3 (D41/R38) = Rizzo pl. XXV, 8 (this coin); HGC 2, 779 (this coin illustrated); McClean 2380 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, minor die wear. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 2009; Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 829; Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 377; Frankfurter Münzhandlung Button 112 (19 April 1966), lot 309.
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SICILY, Messana. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.70 g, 9h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; MEΣΣANA above, two dolphins confronted in exergue / Hare springing right; MEΣ-Σ-A-N-IO-N around; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIV, 523 corr. (D207B/R220 – obv. die not D207); HGC 2, 792; Hirsch 469 (same dies). Toned, struck with somewhat worn obverse die. Good VF.
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SICILY, Messana. 420-413 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.27 g, 3h). The nymph Messana, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving slow biga of mules right; retrograde MEΣ-ΣANA counterclockwise from right, two dolphins confronted in exergue / Hare springing right; MEΣ-ΣA-N-I-ON around; below, dolphin right. Caltabiano Series XIV, 533 (D210/R227); HGC 2, 792; SNG ANS 362; Pozzi 490 (same dies). Lightly toned and lustrous, trace obverse die rust, minor reverse die break and marks. Superb EF. Well struck on a broad flan and in high relief. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLV.1 (Winter 2020), no. 525515 (priced $19,500); Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (6 May 2019), lot 57 (hammer CHF 13,000).
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 461-430 BC. AR Drachm (18.5mm, 4.25 g, 5h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting half-left, holding kylix in right hand and supporting himself with his left, tail behind; N-A-XI-ON around; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 55 (V41/R46); Campana 8 var. A/a; HGC 2, 990; SNG Lloyd 1151 = Weber 1467 (same dies); SNG Lockett 841 = Pozzi 508 (same dies); Basel 385 (same dies); Gillet 484 = Sartiges 110 (same dies); Jameson 674 (same dies); de Luynes 1063 (same dies); McClean 2467 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 13 (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, a hint of porosity. Good VF. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 66 (hammer £26,000); Ambrose Collection (Roma VII, 22 March 2014), lot 132 (hammer £32,000).Located on the eastern shore of Sicily in the shadow of Mt. Aitna, Naxos was the oldest of the Greek colonies on the island, founded in 735 BC by colonists from Chalkis in Euboia and Ionia. According to Thucydides (1.100), Naxos established its own colony by founding Leontini in 730 BC, which was soon followed by the foundation of a second colony, Aitne, later known as Katane. Taking advantage of the fertility of the surrounding volcanic soil of Mt. Aitna, Naxos developed an economy of viticulture, and along with Leontini and Katane became very prosperous. This wealth attracted the attention of Syracuse, which subjugated Naxos in 476 BC, removing its citizens along with those of Katane to Leontini. Upon the death of Hieron in 461 BC, the Naxians were reinstated to their original city, and formed a close alliance with Leontini and Katane. During the first Athenian Expedition in 427 BC, Naxos actively provided support to the Athenians, who had sent a large fleet to support the allies against Syracuse. In 409 BC, Naxos sided with Syracuse against the Carthaginian threat to Sicily, but in 403 BC, the tyrant Dionysios of Syracuse turned against the Naxians, destroying the city and selling the women and children into slavery.The present issue is composed of multiple denominations in silver, and is dated by Cahn to the first few decades after the refoundation of the city in 461 BC. Some theorize that it was struck upon the refoundation as a celebratory issue, but one wonders whether the city had the resources for such a coinage so soon. It could also have been struck somewhat later, after the city had prospered from its trade ties to Kamarina and Leontini, and could afford the requisite silver for such a large output. The types found on the drachms are the same as that on the famed tetradrachms (Cahn 54), and the styles of both are so close that it is likely they were engraved by the same hand. The obverse features Dionysos, the god of the vine. The reverse is also an allusion to wine and the Dionysiac cult, featuring the satyr Silenos. Half-man, half-goat followers of Dionysos, these satyrs were often depicted in an ithyphallic state as they pursued the god's female attendants, the mainads. Silenos was the oldest, wisest, and most drunken of the satyrs. According to Euripides' only surviving satyr-play, the Cyclops, Silenos had been forced to attend to Polyphemos, who dwelled in the region of Mt. Aitna, hence providing another reason for Silenos' appearance on this coin of Naxos.
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 430/20-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.49 g, 2h). Bearded head of Dionysos right, wearing tainia decorated with an ivy branch / Silenos, nude and bearded, squatting half-left, holding up kantharos in right hand and resting his left hand on his knee, tail hanging to left below; large ivy vine with leaves to left, NAΞIO[N] to right; all within shallow concave circular incuse. Cahn 103 (V66/R85); Campana 15; HGC 2, 984; BMC 18 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 493 (same dies); SNG Lockett 843 (same dies); Gillet 486 (same obv. die); Morgan 124 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 17 (same obv. die). Deep collection tone, some find patina. Near EF. Fine late classical style. Rare. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 261 (4 March 2019), lot 81; John R. Farnell, Sr. Collection.With only one obverse and five reverse dies identified, the issue was apparently very short, and served a specific purpose for which we may only speculate today. Unlike the earlier archaic style tetradrachms, struck shortly after Naxian independence from Syracuse in 461 BC, these coins display a genuine classical style, with lifelike depictions of Dionysos, the god of the vine, on the obverse and Silenos on the reverse. The god's languid eye and countenance are now more physiologically correct, replacing the earlier Archaic conventions. The hair of his head and beard are now tousled, and the diadem, with its interweaving ivy, is less formalized than earlier, with the ear now overlapping the diadem. Here too, the satyr Silenos is a more rounded version than that of the Aitna Master's and a depiction much nearer his traditional description as a fleshy individual with a paunch and a round, balding head.
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SICILY, Naxos. Circa 415-403 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 1.54 g, 12h). Horned head of river god Assinos left, wearing ivy wreath; AΣΣINO-Σ around / Silenos, nude and ithyphallic, squatting facing half-right, head left, on rocks, holding kantharos over shoulder in right hand and two pipes in extended left; NAΞI-Ω around. Cahn 115 (V73A/R93); Campana 23; SNG ANS 528; SNG Lloyd 1160; SNG München 764; SNG Delepierre 595; BMC 23; Basel 387 = Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 22; Boston MFA 310 = Warren 278; Jameson 683; Hunterian 11; McClean 2476 (all from the same dies); HGC 2, 991. Dark find patina. VF. From the MM Collection. Ex English Queen's Counsel Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 114, 13 May 2020), lot 47; Gorny & Mosch 237 (7 March 2016), lot 1138.
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SICILY, Syracuse. The Gamoroi. Circa 500-490/86 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.20 g, 5h). Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; SVRA(koppa)/SION in two lines above / Head of Arethousa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer Series I, 10 (V8/R6); HGC 2, 1301 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG ANS 2 (same obv. die); SNG München 918 (same obv. die); Basel 421; Dewing 686; Gillet 524 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 72 (same rev. die); Kunstfreund 56 (same rev. die); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 4–5. Deep find patina, light roughness. Near EF. Well centered. The magnificent artistic flowering in Sicily in the 5th century BC, exemplified by the matchless coinage of Syracuse, originated in times of great strife. When the first colonists from Greece arrived on the fertile island in the 8th century BC, they found competitors in both the aboriginal inhabitants, the Sicels, Sicani, and Elymi, and the Phoenician colonists who established Carthage at about the same time. The social stresses set up by these conflicts prepared the way for the establishment of various tyrannies. Hippokrates of Gela was the first of the well known tyrants, and his son Gelon founded the greatest of the Sicilian courts at Syracuse in 485 BC. By the middle of the century, the situation began to resemble that of Renaissance Italy, where the princes engaged in continual warfare between themselves, while engaging the services of the finest artists and craftsmen of their time. Such fighting required significant amounts of money to hire mercenaries, and the increasing cultural sophistication of the courts encouraged experimentation in the all the arts, including the minor ones- the result was the patronizing of some of the most talented coin engravers in history.In Syracuse and surrounding cities, the anonymous "Demareteion Master" and the "Maestro della foglia" were followed by their students and successors who proudly signed their work, such artists as Choirion, Euainetos, Eumenos, Exakestidas, Herakleidas, and others. These masters developed new ways of viewing the world through art, breaking the static forms of Classic art and developing new methods of portraying motion and life in miniature. The silver tetradrachm was the prefered mode of expression, being large enough for the expression free-ranging talents and also being minted in vast quantities to finance the expensive operations of the Greek hegemons. Even more remarkable were the large silver dekadrachms of Syracuse, which have become universal symbols of Greek numismatic art. Despite the emphasis on the great masterpieces, even the smallest of the silver fractions received the attentions of the masters, and the infrequent issues of gold likewise.Syracuse commenced its silver coinage at the end of the sixth century BC with an issue of tetradrachms on the Attic standard of about 17.2 grams. These coins are attributed to the Gamoroi, an oligarchic body of aristocrats who battled outsiders, and each other, for control of civic and financial affairs. The obverse features charioteer driving a walking quadriga while the reverse originally bore an incuse square divided into four compartments, which quickly gave way to the design seen here, a swastika-pattern incuse with a circle at its center bearing a female head to left. This is certainly the nymph Arethousa, sacred to the spring of Ortygia which provided Syracuse its pure water. These designs set the paradigm for a century of Syracusan coinage, although the head of Arethousa would soon outgrow the confines of the small incuse circle to occupy most of the reverse, surrounded by frolicking dolphins.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.97 g, 5h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, both wings displayed, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia and pearl necklace; four dolphins and ΣΛRA-KO-Σ-I-O-Σ around. Boehringer Series V, 60.1 (V31/R39) = Weber 1558 (this coin); HGC 2, 1306; SNG ANS 14 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 336 = Warren 298 (same obv. die); Randazzo 243 (same dies). Toned, struck with somewhat worn obverse die, minor die break on reverse. Good VF. Ex California Collection (Heritage 3037, 4 January 2015), lot 29911; Heritage 3026 (25 September 2013), lot 23033; Manhattan Sale III (3 January 2012), lot 66; Comte Chandon de Briailles Collection (Bourgey, 17 June 1959), lot 161; Naville IV (17 June 1922), lot 312; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, purchased from Rollin & Feuardent, 1882.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.23 g, 9h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and necklace; ΣVR-AKOΣIO-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIa, 207E (V93/R139); HGC 2, 1306; Randazzo 368 (same dies); Triton XXIV, lot 116 (same dies). Attractive iridescent tone, light scratch on obverse. Good VF. Well centered. From the Apollo to Apollo Collection. Ex Peus 355 (27 April 1998), lot 656.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.10 g, 6h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣV-RA-KOΣ-IOИ (R inverted) and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIb, 315 (V152/R221); HGC 2, 1307; SNG ANS 102 (same dies). Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6709682-005, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Ex Noonans 253 (13 April 2022), lot 1180 (hammer £4800); Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 480 (11 November 2020), lot 59.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.32 g, 12h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and necklace; ΣV-[R]-AK-O-ΣIO-И and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIIa, 408 (V211/R288); HGC 2, 1309; SNG ANS 128 (same dies); Bement 1050 (same dies); Hunterian 20 (same dies). Iridescent tone, die break on reverse. EF. Well centered on a broad flan. Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 148; Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 94; Ambrose Collection (Roma X, 27 September 2015), lot 199; Roma IV (30 September 2012), lot 80; Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1069.
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.21 g, 11h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and necklace; Σ-V-RAKOΣ-I-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIVa, 469 (V252/R338); HGC 2, 1311; SNG ANS 144–5 (same rev. die); SNG München 1008 (same dies); Dewing 787 (same obv. die); Gillet 560 (same dies); Jameson 761 (same obv. die); Pozzi 574 (same obv. die); Randazzo 532 (this coin). Attractive light gray tone with golden and iridescent hues around the devices, light scratches and marks mostly under tone. EF. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 49; Escalade Collection (Nomos 9, 21 October 2014), lot 59; Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 41; Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 100; Randazzo/Sicily, 1980 Hoard (CH VII, 17).
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.26 g, 12h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, hair in band, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace with pendant; ΣVRAKOΣI-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVIb, 571 (V287/R391); HGC 2, 1311; SNG ANS 184 (same dies); Bement 473 (same dies); Pozzi 581 (same dies); Jameson 769 (same dies). Lovely even gray tone, with golden and iridescent hues and underlying luster, tiny mark. Choice EF. Well centered, and with exceptional details.