SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Gelon I (ca. 480-470 BC). AR didrachm (21mm, 8.25 gm, 4h). NGC VG 5/5 - 3/5, scratches. Nude rider on horseback right, leading a second horse on far side / ΣVRA-KΟΣ-ΙΟN, head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl taenia and necklace, hair looped up under band; three dolphins swimming clockwise around, all in incuse circle. HGC 2, 1353. Boehringer 98.

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