206, Lot: 29. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.29 g, 7h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 252E (V114/R173); SNG ANS -. Good VF, toned.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.