SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Ca. 485-466 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.34 gm, 3h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, test cut. Struck under Hieron I (475-470 BC). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying right above crowning horses with wreath / ΣVRA-KOΣ-ION, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, surrounded by four dolphins. Boehringer 345 (V170/R243). SNG ANS 110 (same dies). SNG Fitzwilliam 1190 (same dies).

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