294, Lot: 78. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.16 g, 9h). 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 VIb, 86 (V42/R55); SNG ANS 21 (same rev. die); Randazzo –. VF, toned.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1133.