409, Lot: 45. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.83 g, 10h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins swimming around. Boehringer Series XI, 274 (V126/R190); HGC 2, 1307. VF, a few light scratches.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 209 (22 April 2009), lot 21; Freeman & Sear 15 (27 June 2008), lot 31.