Sicily, Syracuse. Tetradrachm; Sicily, Syracuse; Engraved by Eukleidas, struck under Dionysius, c. 405-395 BC, Tetradrachm, 17.30g. Tudeer-Dies 35/65 (new combination), HGC-1345. Obv: Charioteer driving galloping quadriga l., second horse raises head, third horse looks back, Nike flying r. above extends wreath to crown charioteer, dolphin l. in exergue. Rx: Head of Arethusa l. wearing broad headband, hair floating loosely above, three dolphins to l. and one to r., ethnic above (mostly off flan).
From the period of the famous artist-signed dies at Syracuse
Ex Elsen 148, lot 31
Ex Bourgey, June 1991, lot 41.Good centering showing Arethusa's hair floating upward under the water as Syracuse was originally an island. EF