Syracuse

Tetradrachm circa 475-470, AR 23 mm, 17.40 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer holding reins and kentron; above, Nike flying r., crowning horses Rev. Σ – VRΑ –ΚΟ – ΣΙ – OΝ retrograde Head of nymph Arethusa r., hair bound with beaded fillet and wearing earring and double necklace; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. SNG ANS 104. De Hirsch 551 (these dies). Boehringer 324.
Lovely old cabinet tone and about extremely fine

Ex Oslo Myntgalleri sale 21, 2020, 36. Privately purchased from Oslo Myntgalleri in October 2012. From a Scandinavian private collection.