SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 466-406 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.21 gm). XF, tooling. Ca. 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga pacing right; Nike flying right to crown the horses, ketos right in exergue / Σ-Y-RΑΚ-ΟΣ-Ι-Ο-Ν, head of Arethusa right, wearing a ring and crescent earring, and a pendant necklace, hair brushed straight down, curled up behind ear and tucked under taenia, two long waves along brow, ends loose at back of head above taenia; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2 -. Boehringer 534. Evidence of tooling, thus ineligible for encapsulation.

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