Syracuse, Sicily, AR Tetradrachm, 478-467 B.C. BMC 111

Description

Period of Transitional Art: , Time of Hieron I 478-467 B.C.; Thrasybulos, 467-466 B.C.; and Democracy 466-412 B.C.

An Exact Replica of the Original Coin, BMC #111

Diameter: 26 mm

Obverse: Head of Arethusa, wearing earring and necklace hair enclosed in sakkos, dolphins around.

Reverse: Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right to crown horses

Packaged in a coin collecting flip with the description of coin printed on flip insert.