CLASSICAL COINS
SICILY
SYRACUSE
Tetradrachm, about 490-485 BC. AR 16.97 g. Slow quadriga r., the charioteer wearing long chiton and holding reins with his l. hand, kentron in his r. hand; above, Nike flying r. to crown horses. Rev. SVRA - KOSI - O - N : Head of Arethusa r., wearing pearl diadem and necklace, hair looped in the back into a thin band, around, four dolphins. Boehringer 120,45 (these dies, only one specimen known !).
Very rare, early issue . Nice old patina. Extremely fine Provenance: Nelson Bunker Hunt and Patrick H.C. Tan collections and auctions Naville & Cie, Geneva - Ars Classica SA (Dr. J. Hirsch), Geneva XVI (Luzern 1933), 651; Sotheby's, New York - The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection / Important Greek and Roman Coins June 21-22, 1990, 246.