Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 94. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.97 g, 4h). Struck under Gelon, circa 485-480 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa left; four dolphins around. Boehringer series IV, 42 (V26/R26); SNG ANS 8; McClean 2601; Jameson 740; Sartiges 121 (all from the same dies). VF, even light gray toning. Well centered and struck. Rare early issue.