Electrotype: Sicily, Syracuse AR Didrachm. Deinomenid Tyranny. Time of Gelon I, circa 485-480 BC. Nude rider on horseback to right / Head of Arethusa right, wearing earring and necklace, hair tied at back with pearl hair-band; ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ and three dolphins around. Head, Guide -; for prototype, cf. Jameson 748; Pozzi 566; SNG Copenhagen 619; Dewing 700; SNG ANS 26; Kraay-Hirmer 77; Boehringer 99.6. 6.91g, 20mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
Acquired from Dix Noonan Webb Ltd.