SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.34 g, 6h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, hoop earring with a single pendant, and pearl necklace; four dolphins and ΣV-RAKO-ΣIO-N (retrograde) around. Boehringer Series XIId, 353 (V175/R246); HGC 2, 1307; SNG ANS 113 (same dies). Toned. Near EF.
Ex CNG inventory 990883 (December 2014); Roma VIII (28 September 2014), lot 101; Roma V (23 March 2013), lot 107.
