A Very Important Series of Coins of Syracuse mostly from a Distinguished European Collector
Tetradrachm circa 317-310, AR 17.06 g. Head of Kore-Persephone l., wearing wreath of barley ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; around, three dolphins. Below neck truncation, [NI]. Rev. Fast quadriga driven l. by charioteer holding kentron and reins; above, counterclockwise trisceles. In exergue, [Σ]YPAKOΣIΩ[N] and [AN]. SNG Ashmolean 2067 (this obverse die). Dewing 943 (this obverse die). SNG ANS 633 (this obverse die). Ierardi 29.
Wonderful iridescent tone and extremely fineδδδδδδEx Gemini sale V, 2009, 43. Privately purchased from Harlan J. Berk in January 1982. Dispalyed at Cincinnati Art Museum from 1994 to 2008, n. 58.