Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 340. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.44 gm). Struck under Gelon or Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying right above, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer Series VIIIb - (V70/R104; unlisted die combination); SNG ANS 44 (same obverse die); Randazzo 328-329 (same dies). VF, darkly toned, rough surfaces on reverse. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.