Lot 4131

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, (450-439 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.81 g), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer, above Nike flying to right crowning the rider, rev. Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, olive branch on headband, hair bound with a a cord around the head and wearing a sphendone, and a necklace, three dolphins around, around **S*YPAKO**SI O*N, (S.931, Boehringer 709, (dies Obv. V347, Rev. R485, 5 Specimens noted), SNG Munich, Nanteuil 347 (same dies), cf.BMC 107 (same obverse die), cf.SNG ANS 239 (same obverse die). Slightly porous surface, toned, nearly very fine and very rare.