Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 146. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.01 g, 6h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIIIb, 122 (V55/R83); SNG ANS 32 (same dies); Randazzo 275 (this coin). VF, toned, light scratches under tone, minor roughness on obverse.

From Collection C.G. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 106; Randazzo/Sicily, 1980 Hoard (CH VII, 17).