SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.34 g, 10h). Struck circa 450-440 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣI-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XVIa, 557.2 (V282/R387) = Boston MFA 374 = Hunt II 254 (this coin); HGC 2, 1311; SNG ANS 180 (same dies); Bement 469–70 (same dies); Jameson 766 (same dies). Lovely old cabinet tone beneath lightly lacquered surfaces, die break on obverse. Near EF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (16 August 1991), lot 46; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby's, 21 June 1990), lot 254; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 38; Francis Bartlett Collection (collection purchased by the Boston MFA in 1903).