CNG 102, Lot: 128. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.26 g, 10h). 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 XIIb, – (V150/R220 [unlisted die combination]); HGC 2, 1307. VF, attractive light toning.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind, November 2008.