Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right; Nike flying above to right, ketos in exergue / Head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ and four dolphins around. Boehringer 544 (V275/R368); SNG ANS 170 (same rev. die); HGC 2, 1311. 17.29g, 25mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine; flan flaw on portrait, some remaining horn silver, otherwise lustrous, bright metal.
Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 270, 2 October 2015, lot 8130;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, eLive Auction 6, 6 March 2014, lot 3;
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA | Hess-Divo AG, Auction 3, 21 May 2012, lot 58.