425, Lot: 16. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 6h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 157 (V70/R109); HGC 2, 1306. VF, toned, scrape on obverse.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William Porter, 1996.