Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 102. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.19 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, 172 (V75/R120); SNG ANS 53 (same dies); Randazzo 339-41 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, reverse a little off center. Well centered and struck.