SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.39 g, 3h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣVRAKOΣI-O-N and four dolphins swimming around. Boehringer Series XIVb, 485 (V258/R347); HGC 2, 1310; SNG ANS 153 (same dies); Jameson 1909 (same dies); Nantueil 334 (same dies). Deep cabinet tone, oblong flan, area of flat strike. Near EF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Peus 337 (3 November 1993), lot 55; Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (29 March 1989), lot 97.