294, Lot: 79. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.74 g, 2h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series VIIIa, 110 (V50/R76); SNG ANS 31 (same rev. die); Randazzo –; McClean 2604 (same dies). Near VF, toned, patches of find patina.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection.