THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, GREEK SILVER COINS, Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, struck c.460-450 BC, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, ketos in exergue to right, rev ΣYRAKOΣIO-N, head of Arethusa facing right, wearing a pearl-diadem and a necklace, four dolphins swimming clockwise around, 17.12g, 9h (Boehringer 483 (V257/R346); SNG ANS 151; McClean 2653; Jameson 760). With a particularly elegant head of Arethusa, about extremely fine, a lovely example struck from good metal.
Estimate: £3000-3500