Sicily. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny Time of Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC..
Tetradrachm AR
24mm., 16,20g.
Male charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a goad in his right hand and the reins in his left, driving a walking quadriga to right, above, Nike, to right with spread wings, seemingly preparing to alight on the reins to crown the horses / [Σ]V-RAKO-ΣIO-N (N retrogade), head of Arethusa to right, wearing a thin necklace with a pendant and a pearl diadem, and with her hair tied in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her pearl diadem, around, four dolphins swimming clockwise.
nearly very fine
Boehringer - (V154/R209).