CNG 100, Lot: 1278. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.09 g, 7h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring and necklace; Σ-VRA-KOΣI-OИ (R inverted) and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIb, 324 (V159/R227); HGC 2, 1307; Naville IV, lot 308 (same dies); Naville V, lot 1019 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, minor metal flaw along edge.