370, Lot: 20. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.22 g, 11h). 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, 105 (V48/R72); HGC 2, 1306. Near VF, toned, off center, struck with worn obverse die.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, December 2003.