455, Lot: 23. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.10 g, 5h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 146 (V65/R100); HGC 2, 1306; Jameson 1908 (same dies). Minor die wear on obverse, slight roughness on reverse. Good VF.

From the J.B. Collection, purchased from Calgary Coin Gallery, Autumn 1999.