419, Lot: 7. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.83 g, 6h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 135 (V61/R93); HGC 2, 1306. VF, toned, some porosity and roughness.

From the D. C. Kopen Collection.