Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 56. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.42 g, 6h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 470-466 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding reins in both hands; above, Nike flying left, crowning him with laurel wreath; in exergue, ketos right / SVR-A-KO-SI-ON, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIIIb, 440 (V233/R316); SNG ANS 135 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd -; Boston MFA 362 (same dies); De Luynes 1171 (same dies). VF, toned.