Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 288. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.97 g, 2h). Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series V, 59 (V31/R38); SNG ANS 14 (same obv. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 1174 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, tiny flaw on chin. Lovely early style.