

Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysios I to Dionysios II. AE Drachm, c. 380 BC. Obv. ΣΥΡΑ. Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with olive-wreath. Rev. Pair of dolphins swimming upwards almost snout to snout, between them star with eight rays. HGC 2 1436; CNS II 62; SNG ANS 454-69. 33.24 g. 30 mm. Exceptional example. Gently cleaned. Green-brown patina, struck on a large flan. EF.