Watch List notes:

Sicily, Syracuse. c. 450/445 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.46g (2h). Obv: Chariot in slow motion to right, driven by bearded charioteer; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses; in exergue, sea monster (κήτος) swimming right. Rx: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣ-Ι-Ο-Ν Head of nymph Arethusa right, hair bound with fillet; around, four dolphins. Boehringer 492 (V259/R348). SNG ANS 157 (same obverse die) and 154 (same reverse die). SNG Delepierre 636 (same reverse die). Minor deposits on obverse. Toned EF

Ex Lanz 32, 29 April 1985, lot 90

A remarkably nice piece from the period when Syracuse was fighting against both the ruler of the indigenous Sicels, Duketios, and her fiercest Hellenic rival, the city of Akragas