SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.39 g, 1 h), c. 480-475. Male charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a goad in his right hand and the reins in both, driving a walking quadriga to right; above Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ (the R upside down) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem, and with her hair tied in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her diadem; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 232.1 (this coin). Randazzo 390 (same dies). Weber 1568 (this coin). A lovely toned coin with a fine head of Arethusa. Obverse struck from a worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the collection of Sir H. Weber, Ars Classica IV, 17 June 1922, 313, bought from W. T. Ready in 1893, and recorded as being from a "Thomas sale" (possibly that sold by Ward, Coventry, 21 February 1884).