448, Lot: 26. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 16.77 g, 7h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 153 var. (V68/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 2, 1306. Toned, struck with worn dies, scratch under tone on reverse. VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 50.