Lot 846

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, (c.475 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.41 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSIO N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 252E (obv.114/rev.173 same dies). Attractive evenly toned nearly very fine and a rare combination of dies.

Boehringer note 2 specimens from these dies, both in private collections and probably includes this coin.