375, Lot: 183. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.02 g, 11h). 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, 166 (V73/R115); HGC 2, 1306. VF, toned, some die wear on obverse, large die break on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 196 (7 March 2011), lot 1211.