CNG 112, Lot: 85. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.05 g, 1h). Struck circa 480 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series IV, 46 (V27/R30); HGC 2, 1304; SNG ANS 10; Bement 444; Boston MFA 331 = Warren 294; Jameson 738; de Luynes 1147; Pozzi 550 (all from the same dies). Toned, some roughness. VF. Superb late archaic style. Rare.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 14 April 2006. Ex Leu inventory 32286 (2005; ticket included).