SICILY. Syracuse. Ca. 405-400 BC. AR tetradrachm (28mm, 17.10 gm, 3h). NGC XF 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Unsigned dies by Kimon, ca. 400 BC. Charioteer driving unruly galloping quadriga left, kentron in right hand, reins in both hands; Nike flying right above to crown charioteer; dolphin swimming left in exergue / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, head of Arethusa left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained with an ampyx and at back of head in an open weave saccos; surrounded by four dolphins swimming. Tudeer 105 (V36/R72). SNG Lockett 3519 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 1409 (same dies). Gulbenkian 299 (same dies). Rainbow toning on both sides. From the Penn Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 257; Bank Leu AG Auktion 15 (4-5 May 1976), lot 122

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