SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Gelon I (ca. 480-475 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 16.85 gm, 2h). NGC Choice Fine 5/5 - 4/5. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above, crowning horses, dotted border / ΣVRA-KΟ-ΣΙ-ΟN (N retrograde), head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl taenia and necklace, hair looped up under band; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2, 1306. Boehringer 56-227.
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