Ancients
SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Hieron I (ca. 475-470 BC). AR tetradrachm (23mm, 16.86 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above, crowning horses, dotted border / ΣVRAKΟΣΙ-ΟN, head of Arethusa right, wearing beaded plain taenia and necklace, hair looped up under band; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2, 1307. Gorgeous deep cabinet toning with hints of blue and aubergine hues throughout.
From the Robert S. Sloan Collection. Ex Coin Galleries, Mail Bid Sale (10 November 1999), lot 39.
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