317, Lot: 10. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.93 g, 7h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethusa right, hair in pearl band, wearing plain necklace; four dolphins around. Boehringer 250 (V113/R170); SNG ANS 86 (same dies); HGC 2, 1307. VF, toned, rough and porous.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.