Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.42 g, 9h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIIIb, 123 (V56/R84); HGC 2, 1306; BMC 29 (same dies); Traité I 2271, pl. LXXV, 11 (same dies). Deeply toned, a little off center on obverse, minor metal flaws and die wear on reverse. Near EF.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVIII (31 March 1987), lot 46.