SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.32 g, 1h). Struck circa 480 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing tainia and pearl necklace; four dolphins and :ΣVRAKOΣIOИ around. Boehringer Series IV, 38 var. (V26/R22’ [rev. die slightly modified]); HGC 2, 1304; SNG ANS 7; Basel 425; Boston MFA 330 = Warren 295; Comiso 158 (
this coin); McClean 2594; Randazzo 236 (all from the same dies). EF, attractive light toning. Well centered and struck. Superb late archaic style. Very rare.
Ex New York Sale XXVII (4 January 2012), lot 159; Elsen FPL 49 (November 1982), no. 2; Lanz 22 (10 May 1982), lot 139; 1970 Comiso Hoard.
