370, Lot: 21. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.03 g, 8h). 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, 108 (V49/R74); HGC 2, 1306; Hunterian 7 (same dies). Fine, lightly toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear Electronic Auction (19 May 2005), lot F18.