Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 16.92 g, 4 h), circa 420-415. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣYR-ΑΚ-Ο-ΣΙ-ΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, her hair bound in a sakkos, wearing a double spiral earring and a simple necklace; around, four dolphins. Boehringer 719E (V354/R482). Pitted and with traces of overstriking on the obverse, otherwise, nearly very fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s.