Superb Portrait
Sicily. Syracuse. Second Democracy (466-405 BC.). AR Tetradrachm, struck c. 430 BC. Obv. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right and crowning horses. Rev. ΣΥΡAKOΣIOΝ. Diademed head of Arethousa right, hair in ornate sakkos; four dolphins around. Boehringer 641; HGC 2 1319; SNG ANS 206; SNG Lockett 952. 16.61 g. 24.00 mm. R. Lightly toned, underlying luster. VF.