CNG 97, Lot: 38. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.61 g, 3h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIb, 321 (V156/R224); HGC 2, 1307; BMC 42 (same dies); McClean 2618 (same dies); Pozzi 556 (same dies). Good VF, toned, a couple minor spots of roughness. Well centered and struck.