294, Lot: 77. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.81 g, 7h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIa/VIb, – (V37/R47 [unlisted die combination]); SNG ANS 72 (same rev. die); Randazzo 247 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1176 (same dies). Fine, toned, minor deposits on reverse. Rare die combination.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1131.