294, Lot: 86. Estimate $500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.08 g, 11h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIIb, – (V156/R206 [unlisted die combination]); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 487–93/476–7 (for same obv./rev. dies). VF, toned, slight roughness on obverse, a few cleaning marks under tone. A new die combination in the series.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection.