Syracuse, tetradrachm, c. 500 BC, ΣΥΡΑ, slow quadriga driven right by charioteer holding reins in both hands, rev., head of Arethusa left in oval frame sunk into centre of quadripartite incuse square, 17.25g, die axis 3.00 (Boehringer 23; Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 1-2; Randazzo 233, same obverse die), toned, about extremely fine and very rare. Provenance: Bank Leu 7, 9 May 1973, lot 76; Hermann Robinow collection, Morton & Eden, 24 October 2011, lot 48.
(10000-15000 GBP)