ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Sic ily, Syracuse (Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.1g. Under Hieron I, c.470-466 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins, Nike flying right above, crowning horses, ketos right in exergue. Rev. S VR-A-KO- S ION ( N retrograde), diademed head of Arethusa facing right; four dolphins around clockwise (Boehringer grp. IV, series XIiia, 411 (V212/R289); Randazzo -; SNG ANS -; de Hirsch 561 (same dies)). Struck on a broad flan and beautifully defined, nicely toned, extre mely fine. $ 4,000
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