294, Lot: 83. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.07 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 IXa, 187 (V84/R125); SNG ANS 56 (same rev. die); Randazzo –. Good VF, toned, traces of find patina on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection.