Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 291. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1075. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.25 g, 4h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIIIb, - (V76/R85E [unlisted combination]); SNG ANS 54 (same obv. die); SNG München 948 (same obv. die). VF, lightly toned. Well centered.