SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.36 g, 3h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in her extended hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣV-RA-KOΣI-OИ and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIIa, 412 (V212/R291); HGC 2, 1309; BMC 67 (same dies); Virzi Sale 168 (same dies). Lightly toned, with some iridescence, minor flan flaws on obverse, a couple of marks on reverse. Good VF. Ex Künker 97 (7 March 2005), lot 265; Peter M. Suter Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 89, 14 June 2000), lot 65. The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.Triton XXIX – Session One – Lot 1-301 will be held Tuesday morning, 13 January 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyers fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
