SICILY. Syracuse . Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.98 g, 1 h), struck under Hieron I, 478-475. Charioteer driving a quadriga walking to right; above Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟ-Ν (retrograde) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem, and with her hair tied in a krobylos; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise to right. Boehringer 207E (V93/R139). Toned and clear. Very fine.
From the collection of W.F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from J. Florange in Paris prior to the 1960s.