CNG 94, Lot: 105. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.06 g, 5h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethusa right, hair in band and pearl diadem; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 128 (V58/R88); HGC 2, 1306; SNG Tübingen 639 (same dies); Peus 396, lot 147 (same dies); Randazzo 287 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, some porosity. Very rare.