Sicily, Syracuse, Tetradrachm ca. 405 BC

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Sicily. Syracuse. Tetradrachm ca. 405 BC. Silver 17.29 gr., 26 mm. In the style of Eukleidas.  
Obverse: charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga to the left.; above: Nike flying to the right, crowning him; in exergue: dolphin to the left //
Reverse: [ΣY]PAKOΣIΩИ; head of Arethusa to the left, hair in bands, wearing double-loop earring and plain necklace with frontal pendant; around: four dolphins.

Ref: Rizzo pl. XLVIIII, 15; SNG Lloyd 1405 (these dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1253 (these dies); Garrett II, 137 (these dies); Tudeer 96; Coins, Artists and Tyrants 96.

Delicate toning. Nearly Extremely Fine

Provenance Details

Ex Tradart 4 (Geneva, 1994), lot 23.
From the European Connaisseur collection before 2002.

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