375, Lot: 182. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.28 g, 3h). 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, 153 (V68/R105); HGC 2, 1306. Near VF, toned, struck from worn dies, obverse slightly off center.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.