Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 474-470 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25mm, 17.48 g 5). 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. ΣVRΑ - ΚΟΣ - ΙΟΝ 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 312. SNG ANS 100. Nicely toned and well-struck. Some very minor old marks on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection.