Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.11 g, 2 h), circa 480-475. 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. ΣYRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Diademed head of Arethusa to right, her hair drawn up at the back and wearing pearl necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right. Boehringer 151 (V66/R104). HGC 2, 1306. SNG ANS 42. The obverse struck off center and with a die break on the reverse, otherwise, about very fine.


From a German collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.