CNG 99, Lot: 30. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.40 g, 5h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIa, 104E (V48/R71E); HGC 2, 1306; Randazzo 261 (same dies). Good VF, toned.
Ex Ronald J. Hansen Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 318, 15 January 2014), lot 29.