SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I, 485-478 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23mm, 17.31 g 4). 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 a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her diadem; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 322 (V157/R225). Minor metal faults and reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.
From a Swiss collection formed prior to 2005.