From Dies of Fine Style

294, Lot: 76. Estimate $1000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.26 g, 2h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIa, 76.1 (V36/R51 – this coin); SNG ANS 19; Jameson 747; Pozzi 561 (all from the same dies). VF, toned. Fine style.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex J. Hirsch XIV (27 November 1905), lot 195.