Sicily, Syracuse, Unsigned Tetradrachm in the style of Eukleidas struck under Dionysios I, ca. 405-400 BC; AR (g 17,24; mm 24; h 7); Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r., crowning him; in ex. dolphin swimming l., Rv. Head of Arethousa l., large band in hair from under which hair flows upward and backward in flame-like locks (depicting her submerged underwater); around, ΣYPAKOΣION between four dolphins. Tudeer-96 (V34/R65); SNG ANS 299-300; HGC 2, 1345.
Fascinating coin. Cabinet tone; good very fine.