SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 450-440 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.37 gm, 7h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 4/5. Charioteer driving quadriga walking right, kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying right above to crown horses, ketos right in exergue / ΣYRAKOΣI-O-N, pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair brushed straight, looped at back and tucked up under diadem; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 479. SNG ANS 148 (460-440 BC). Lovely obsidian shadows amplify the wintry high points. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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