Ancients
SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (ca. 485-465 BC). AR tetradrachm (23mm, 17.03 gm, 8h). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5. Struck under Hieron I, ca. 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying right above, crowning horses / ΣVR-AKΟ-Σ-ΙΟΝ (the R retrograde), head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl hair band, four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIb, 321 (V156/R224). HGC 2, 1307. Jameson 746 (same dies). Deeply struck on a compact flan, with exceptional detail.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 2500-3500 USD