THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, GREEK SILVER COINS, Sicily, Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny (485-466 BC), Silver Didrachm, struck under Gelon, c.485-480 BC, naked horseman pacing right, rev ΣVRAKO-ΣI-ON (retrograde), diademed head of Arethusa facing left, wearing a necklace, three dolphins swimming anti-clockwise around, 8.21g, 7h (Boehringer 52 (V46/R67); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 17, these dies; Pozzi 567, these dies). Traces of overstriking, very fine and rare.
ex Spink Auction 3003, 27 March 2003, lot 4
Estimate: £1200-1500