SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, Gelon I (ca. 480-475 BC). AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.13 gm, 9h). NGC XF 4/5 - 3/5, scuff. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying right above, crowning horses, dotted border / ΣΛRA-KΟ-Σ-Ι-Ο-N (N retrograde), head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl taenia and necklace, hair looped up under band; four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 60 (same dies; 510-485 BC). HGC 2, 1306. The broad flan allows nearly complete details to be visible on the argent surfaces. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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