Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.27 g, 12h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins swimming around. Boehringer Series XI, 239E (V107E/R162E); HGC 2, 1307. Toned. Good VF. Rare die combination. Attractive in hand.


Ex Roma IX (22 March 2015), lot 109; Roma VI (29 September 2013), lot 430.