British, Ancient and World Coins

Greek Coinages, SICILY, Syracuse, Tetradrachm, 475-470, charioteer driving slow quadriga right, Nike flying above crowning horses with wreath held in left hand, rev. συρακοσιον, head of Arethusa right, hair tied up in pearl tiara, four dolphins around, 17.23g (Boehringer series XIIb, 317; Randazzo Gp 3, 485, same obv. die). Good very fine, lightly toned, remarkably well-centred £1,000-£1,200