SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.55 g, 7h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, wings spread, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia and pearl necklace; four dolphins and ΣVRA-K-OΣI-ON around. Boehringer Series V, 57.8 (V30/R28 – this coin); HGC 2, 1306; SNG ANS 13 (same dies); de Luynes 1153 (same dies); McClean 2603 (same dies). Toned, cleaning marks under tone on obverse. Good VF. Well executed head of Arethusa.
From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Giuseppe De Ciccio Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 19 December 1907), lot 294.