Syracuse in Sicily - 485 to 466 BC - Silver tetradrachm
Denomination: silver tetradrachm Mint: Syracuse
Date: Time of Gelon (485 to 478 BC) or his brother Hieron I (478 to 466 BC)
Size: 22.2 x 23.6 mm Weight: 17.31 grams
Reference: Sear-913, Boehringer 233 (V104/R158), Randazzo 391 (same dies)
Grade: VF with just a slight graininess to the metal, and a few points of slight porosity (although this porosity was probably on the flan prior to the coin being struck, rather than due to corrosion)
Obverse: Quadriga driven right by a male charioteer holding a goad, with a small figure of Nike flying above
Reverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, with four dolphins around, with a retrograde SURAKOSION between her head and the dolphins