CNG 87, Lot: 222. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.25 g, 11h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC. Horseman riding right / Diademed head of Arethusa right. Boehringer series XI, 281 (V130/R194); SNG ANS 94/95 (same obv./rev. die). Good VF, a few marks under old collection toning. Rare.

Ex Feuardent Collection (Bourgey, 26 November 2009), lot 103.