370, Lot: 23. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.18 g, 4h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XI, 242 (V109/R164); HGC 2, 1307; McClean 2610 (same dies). Near VF, toned, a few minor marks under tone.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from CNG, 20 November 2003.