375, Lot: 175. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.03 g, 3h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series IV, 46 (V27/R30); HGC 2, 1305. Near VF, toned. Well centered.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 27 August 2003.