448, Lot: 28. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.41 g, 10h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIb, 310 (V149/R216); HGC 2, 1307. Toned, flan a little irregular. VF.

From the Rye Collection.