Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 98. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.27 g, 3h). 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 VIIIa, 108 (V49/R74); SNG ANS 28; Hunterian 7 (all from the same dies). Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck.