Hieron I

478 - 475 BCE

  • Tetradrachm

  • Syracuse

  • Obverse: Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses

    Reverse: Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia; four dolphins around

  • 24mm, 17.16g

  • Boehringer Series VIIIa, 110 (V50/R76); HGC 2, 1306; McClean 2604 (same dies)

  • Ex CNG Triton XXVII lot 5046

    “Ex Nilus Coins inventory 24636 (2010).”

  • CNG.tritonXXVII.1700.011724

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