SICILY, Syracuse. 450-440 BC. AR tetradrachm (17,24 g). Struck under the Second Democracy. Slow quadriga advancing right; Nike flying above, crowning horses; sea monster in exergue / SVR???S???, Head of Arethousa right, wearing diadem; four dolphins around swimming clockwise. Struck a little off-centre. Lightly toned with patches of iridescense.

SICILY, Syracuse. 450-440 BC. AR tetradrachm (17,24 g). Struck under the Second Democracy. Slow quadriga advancing right; Nike flying above, crowning horses; sea monster in exergue / ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, Head of Arethousa right, wearing diadem; four dolphins around swimming clockwise. Struck a little off-centre. Lightly toned with patches of iridescense.