Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.37 g, 3h). 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 / Diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣIO-N (R inverted) and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XI, 242 (V109/R164); HGC 2, 1307; SNG ANS 84 (same rev. die); McClean 2610 (same dies); Randazzo 407 (same dies). Good VF, toned, compact flan.


Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 88.