SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26.5 mm, 17.09 g, 3 h), struck under Hieron I, circa 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga to right, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left; above, Nike flying to right, crowning horses. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, wearing pearl diadem and necklace; four dolphins around. Boehringer 127 (V58/R87). HGC 2, 1306. SNG ANS 19. SNG Copenhagen 35 ( same obverse die). Toned. Light porosity, otherwise, good fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, acquired from Edward Waddell in NYINC in 1981.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.