GREEK COINS
Sicily
Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25mm, 16.91 g 11), struck circa 485-479. 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 diadem of pearls, and with her hair drawn up at the back; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise to right. Boehringer 167 (V73/R116). Some die rust on obverse and some porosity on reverse with light old scratch from 2 to 8 o'clock, otherwise, about very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.