Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 96. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.87 g, 8h). Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIb, 87 (V42/R56); SNG ANS 22; Randazzo 250 (same dies). VF, some porosity.