Sicily. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny 485-466 BC. Struck under Gelon, circa 480-478 BC
Tetradrachm AR

23mm., 17,08g.

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 / ΣVRAKOΣI-[O]-N, head of Arethusa to right, wearing a thin necklace, 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.

very fine

Boehringer group VIb, 87; SNG ANS 22; Randazzo 250.