354, Lot: 11. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.58 g, 8h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIa, 316–8 var. (V–/R222 [unlisted obv. die]); HGC 2, 1307. Near VF, toned, a couple minor flan flaws and light scrape under tone on obverse, die breaks on reverse. New obverse die for series.