CNG 102, Lot: 131. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.26 g, 5h). 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 XIId, 348 (V171/R244); HGC 2, 1307. Good VF, toned, minor roughness.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 225; Albert M. Potts Collection (Gemini IV, 8 January 2008), lot 51; Gans 15 (4 May 1955), lot 219; H. Otto Collection (A. Hess, 1 December 1931), lot 166.