CNG 87, Lot: 223. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.04 g, 6h). 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 around. Boehringer series XIIc, 340 (V167/R239); SNG ANS 109; BMC 41 (same dies); Traité I 2265, pl. LXXV, 8 (same dies). Good VF, toned.