SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy (ca. 466-405 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.35 gm, 12h). NGC MS 4/5 - 5/5. Ca. 450-440 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga walking right, kentron in right hand, reins in both; Nike flying right above to crown horses, ketos right in exergue / ΣYRAKOΣI-ON, head of Arethusa right, wearing triple-band taenia, pendant earring and pearl necklace, hair bound in large loop at base of neck; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. HGC 2, 1311. Boehringer 571. Jameson 769. SNG ANS 184. Ex Freeman & Sear, Manhattan Sale III (3 January 2012), lot 73; Harlan J. Berk, Sale 99 (25 September 1997), lot 80.

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