232, Lot: 16. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.41 g, 7h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 147-9 var. (V65/- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS 41-2(same obv. die). Good VF, some minor flan flaws.