CNG 102, Lot: 123. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.90 g, 5h). 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, 102 (V42/R56); SNG ANS 27; McClean 2599; Pozzi 551; Randazzo 258-9 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, some roughness.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection, purchased from Pegasi, June 2013.