Sicily, Syracuse AR Didrachm. Deinomenid Tyranny. Time of Gelon I, circa 490-485 BC. Nude rider on horseback right, leading a second horse on far side / Head of Arethusa right within thin linear circle, wearing hair-tie, earring and necklace, hair falling simply behind; ΣVRAQOΣION and four dolphins around. Boehringer 51 (V28/R34); SNG ANS 11 (same dies); Antikenmuseum Basel 429 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 16 (same dies); Jameson 745 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1282 (same dies). 8.54g, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine; dark old tone.
From a private European collection, outside of Italy prior to December 1992.