372, Lot: 20. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.43 g, 7h). 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, 153 var. (V68/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 2, 1306. Near VF, toned, scrape on obverse.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.