Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 217. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 g, 11h). Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer 86 (V42/R55); SNG ANS 21 (same rev. die); Randazzo 250 (same obv. die). Good VF, light porosity.