310, Lot: 13. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.38 g, 5h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 242 (V109/R164); SNG ANS 84 (same rev. die); Randazzo 407 (same dies); HGC 2, 1307. VF, lightly toned.

From the RVP Collection.