Triton XVIII, Lot: 379. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.93 g, 3h). Struck circa 480 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa left, wearing tainia, tiny disk earring, and two necklaces, one linear, the other pearl; four dolphins and ΣVR-AK-OΣI-ON around. Boehringer Series IV, 42 (V38/R26); HGC 2, 1305; SNG ANS 8; BMC 11; Bement 447; Jameson 740; McClean 2601; Sartiges 121; Weber 661 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, scuff on obverse. Fine style.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.