Sicily, Syracuse AR Didrachm. Deinomenid Tyranny. Time of Gelon I, circa 485-480 BC. Nude rider on horseback to right / Diademed head of Arethusa to right; ΣVRA-KOΣ-ΙΟN and three dolphins around. Boehringer 98 (V46/R66); SNG ANS 26 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 23 (same dies); HGC 2, 1353. 7.19g, 20mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.