Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 99. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.08 g, 1h). 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, 122E (V55E/R82); SNG ANS 32 (same obv. die); Weber 1554 (same rev. die). Good VF, some porosity. Fine style.