CNG 112, Lot: 87. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.25 g, 10h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia and necklace; ΣVRA-KOΣION and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 172 (V75/R120); HGC 2, 1306; Randazzo 339–41 (same dies). Dark iridescent tone, slight die shift on reverse. Near EF.

From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Palladium Numismatics, 11 June 1994.