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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1630437, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000cd"><b><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sicily</font></font></b></span><span style="color: #0000cd"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>, </b></font></font></span><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #0000cd"><b>Syracuse</b></span><span style="color: #0000cd"><b>. Hieron I AR Tetradrachm</b></span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">478-466 BC</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Struck circa 478-475 BC</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 24 mm</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 16.90 grams</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Boehringer series IXa, 190 (V86/R130); SNG ANS –; Randazzo 356 (same dies)</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">Other: 2h, Near VF, toned, test cut on reverse</span></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection, Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 1132</span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="color: #000000">[ATTACH]232906.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]232907.vB[/ATTACH]</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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