Ancients
SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (ca. 485-465 BC). AR tetradrachm (22mm, 17.14 gm, 2h). NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5. Struck under Hieron I, ca. 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right; Nike flying right above, crowning horses / ΣVP-AKΟ-Σ-ΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl hair band, hair looped at back and tucked under band; four dolphins around. Boehringer 228-278. HGC 2, 1307.
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Estimate: 1400-1800 USD