Catana

Tetradrachm circa 450-445, AR 28 mm, 17.16 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding kentron and reins. Rev. KATANAION Laureate head of Apollo r. Rizzo pl. X, 12 (these dies). SNG ANS 1241 (this obverse die). Gulbenkian 891 (these dies). SNG Lloyd 891 (these dies).
Rare. Lovely old cabinet tone, minor traces of overstriking, otherwise good very fine

Ex NGSA IV, 2006, 31; CNG 84, 2010, 109 and CNG 85, 2010, 187 sales. From the Patrick H.C. Tan and Scandinavian private collections.