294, Lot: 85. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 4.12 g, 8h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Horseman riding right / Head of Arethusa right. Boehringer series XI, 283 (V132/R194); SNG ANS 95; BMC 47; de Luynes 1161 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, light cleaning marks, small gouge on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1141.