Syracuse, Sicily. AR Tetradrachm, 485-466 BC. 
Deinomenid Tyranny. Struck under Hieron I, 475-470 BC. 

Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron in right 
hand, reins in left, Nike flying right above, crowning the 
horses. 
SYR-AK-OSI-ON partially retrograde or inverted, pearl-diademed head of Arethusa right wearing necklace; four dolphins swimming around. 

Boehringer 296; SNG ANS 97; Weber 1564 (same dies); ex Randazzo hoard 462-17.24.

With permission of TimeLine Auctions 
(www.timelineauctions.com), Oct. 2018