New Die Combination

CNG 112, Lot: 88. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.32 g, 5h). 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 XIIa or XIIb, – (V156/R211 [unlisted die combination]); HGC 2, 1307; cf. Randazzo 487–93/469 (for obv./rev. dies). Toned, light scratches and marks on reverse. Good VF. Well struck.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Pegasi Numismatics, 4 February 2011.

This coin is struck with a reverse die of Boehringer Series XIIa paired with an obverse die from Series XIIb.