CNG 94, Lot: 101. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.18 g, 10h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike, with wings spread, flying left, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl diadem and necklace; ΣVR-A-KO-Σ-I-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIa, 76 (V36/R51); HGC 2, 1306 var. (obv. type right); SNG ANS 19; Bement 456; Jameson 747; Pozzi 561 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, some patches of find patina. Rare with obverse type left.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 149; Dr. George Henry Abbott Collection (Glendining & Co., 10 October 1951), lot 168.