SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 440-430 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.42 gm, 4h). NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, brushed. Charioteer driving prancing quadriga left, kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying right above to crown driver, ketos left in exergue / ΣYRAKOΣI-ON, head of Arethusa right, wearing pendant earring and plain necklace, hair drawn up and tied at top; four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 604 (V296/R410). Jameson 775 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 652 (same). Ex M. L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 82 (20 May 2015), lot 57; Numismatic Fine Arts, Fall Mail Bid Sale (1990), lot 93

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