448, Lot: 27. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.05 g, 11h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series IXa, 215 (V95/R144); HGC 2, 1306. Some roughness, minor die wear on reverse. VF. Well centered.

From the Rye Collection.