452, Lot: 92. Estimate $750. Sold for $1557. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.12 g, 2h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethousa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series X, 236 (V106/R161); HGC 2, 1306. Old collection tone. VF.
From the Baldwin Maull Collection, purchased circa 1950s-early 1960s.