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377, Lot: 12. Estimate $150.
Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.70 g, 9h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XI, 263 (V119/R181); Randazzo 439-40 (same dies); HGC 2, 1307. Good Fine, toned with areas of rough find patina.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Christie’s (12 November 1985), lot 25 (part of).