Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	460 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.14 g
Diameter	24 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 408084
References	Boehringer# 442 Erich Böhringer; 1929. Die Münzen von Syrakus. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany / Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. , Jameson# 758 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Charioteer, wearing long chiton and holding the reins in both hands, driving quadriga trotting to right; above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer; below, in exergue, ketos swimming right.

Reverse

Head of Arethusa to right, wearing a pearl diadem, a pearl necklace, and a drop earring, and with her hair tied in a krobylos, which is bound up and falls over the diadem; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-460)

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