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372, Lot: 21. Estimate $300.
Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.10 g, 2h). 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, 176 var. (V77/R– [unlisted rev. die]); HGC 2, 1306. Near VF, toned, struck with worn reverse die.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 November 2003.