CNG 87, Lot: 226. Estimate $6000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.05 g, 10h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 466 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; in exergue, ketos right / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIIIb, 439 (V233/R314); SNG ANS 135 (same obv. die); BMC 69 (same dies); Boston MFA 361 = Warren 317 (same dies); Ward 252 (same dies). EF, toned, edge split, areas of minor striking weakness.

Ex Tkalec (8 September 2008), lot 18.