Auction 88 Part II
Greek Coins
Syracuse
Tetradrachm circa 430-420, AR 16.86 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron; above, Nike flying r. to crown horses. Rev. Head of Arethusa r., wearing hook-earring and necklace; hair bound with taenia and wound four times around the head; around, four dolphins. SNG ANS 222 (these dies). Boehringer 672 (V338/R459).
The obverse struck from a worn die, otherwise good very fine
Ex Manhattan sale III, 2012, 78.