Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy, silver tetradrachm (16.99 g), circa 450 BC. Slow biga right, driven by charioteer, Nike crowns horses with wreath/Arethousa facing right, diademed, with elaborate hairstyle, four dolphins around.
Very fine, old collection tone, usual obverse die wear, well centered reverse.
Boehringer 510.2 (O268/R363, this coin cited)
ex-Sally Rosenberg 55 (Frankfurt), 8 September 1924, lot 96;
ex-Ars Classica - Naville V (Lucerne), 18 June 1923, lot 1058
Ars Classica - Naville V included many duplicates from the collection of the British Museum, as well as pieces from other collections. If this coin was once in the British Museum collection, it must have been acquired after the publication of BMC Sicily in 1876.