SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Hieron I (ca. 475-470 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.65 gm, 10h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 3/5. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above, crowning horses, dotted border / ΣVR-AKΟ-ΣΙΟ-N (R upside-down), head of Arethusa right, wearing beaded plain taenia and necklace, hair looped up under band; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2, 1307. Boehringer XIIc, 335. SNG ANS -. Deeply struck with attractive style dies. Cabinet toning with a violet sheen.

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