Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.25 g, 5h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRA-KO-Σ-ION (R inverted) and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIc, 337 (V166/R237); HGC 2, 1307. Good VF, lightly toned.


From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 164 (6 January 2012), lot 99.