Triton XIX, Lot: 47. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.11 g, 8h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia and necklace; ΣVRAK-OΣI-O-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 138 (V62/R95); HGC 2, 1306; SNG ANS 38; SNG München 941 (same dies); BMC 32 (same obv. die); Dewing 708 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned, slightly off center and minor lamination on reverse.

Ex Roma 3 (31 March 2012), lot 69; Künker 193 (26 September 2011), lot 75; Aufhäuser 8 (9 October 1991), lot 33; Aufhäuser 6 (5 October 1989), lot 37; Lanz 48 (22 May 1989), lot 85; Lanz 26 (21 January 1986), lot 91.