370, Lot: 22. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.08 g, 1h). 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 VIIIb, 150 (V66/R103); HGC 2, 1306. VF, toned, some roughness and pitting.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex B. R. Noble Collection (Glendining’s, 11 December 1975), lot 30; Roy Samson Collection.