Ex Randazzo Hoard

452, Lot: 91. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.23 g, 1h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 123 (V56/R84); HGC 2, 1306; SNG ANS 33 (same dies); Randazzo 277 (this coin). Toned, a little porosity. Good VF. Well centered.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 108; Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 487; Randazzo/Sicily, 1980 Hoard (CH VII, 17).