375, Lot: 199. Estimate $400. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.10 g, 3h). 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 XIIc, 329 (V162/R230); HGC 2, 1307. Near VF, lightly toned.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 16 January 2004.