Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 101. 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 (17.37 g, 2h). 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, 169 (V74/R118); SNG ANS 52 (same obv. die); Randazzo 338 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, minor die break on obverse.