SICILY. Syracuse. Ca. 480-475 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.40 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF S 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above crowning horses, all on single ground line / ΣVRAKO-ΣION, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing necklace, hair beaded in straight lines; surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 218 (dies V96/R148 - this coin). SNG ANS 74 (same dies). SNG Lockett 894 (this coin). From the Penn Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 40 (4 December 1996), lot 841; R.C. Lockett Collection (Glendinings, 28 October 1955), lot 795; Ars Classica XV (July 1930), lot 329

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