SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I, 485-478 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25mm, 16.97 g 11). Male charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a goad in his right hand and the reins in both, driving a walking quadriga to right; above Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem and with her hair tied in krobylos that is bound up and falls over her diadem; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 81, 83 var. - (V38/R54) (unlisted die combination). Good fine.
From a Swiss collection formed prior to 2005.