SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.16 g, 11h). Struck circa 480-478 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike, with wings spread, flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia and necklace; ΣVR-AK-OΣI-ON and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VIa, 66 (V32/R44); HGC 2, 1306; Pozzi 544 (all from the same dies). Old cabinet tone, slightly off center on obverse. VF. Struck on a broad flan.
Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 221.
