Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1027. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.25 g, 5h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIIIb, 144 (O64/R99); SNG ANS 40 (same dies); McClean 2598 (same dies); Ward 248 (same dies). VF, toned, a few light scratches.