★ A Splendid Portrait ★

Reserve: £11,500

Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Second Democracy, circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right; Nike above, flying to right, crowning horses with wreath; ketos swimming to right in exergue / Head of Arethusa to right, wearing earring, necklace and headband, her hair tied in a krobylos; ΣVRAKOΣION and four dolphins around. Boehringer 477 (V255/R342); Randazzo 535-6 (same dies); SNG München 1010 (same dies); cf. SNG ANS 144-53 (unlisted dies); HGC 2, 1311. 17.07g, 27mm, 8h.

Extremely Fine; attractively toned with a splendid portrait struck in high relief.

From the David Freedman Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXV, 22 September 2022, lot 125;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 24, 22 June 2016, lot 168.