Syracuse Tetradrachm, -485 – -483

Tetradrachm from Syracuse. Issued from -485 to -483. Struck in Silver. Measures 24 mm and weighs 17.3 g.

Obverse

Male charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a goad in his right hand and the reins in his left, driving a walking quadriga to right. Above, Nike, to right with spread wings, seemingly preparing to alight on the reins to crown the horses

Reverse

Head of Arethusa to left, wearing a thin necklace with a pendant and a pearl necklace, and with her hair tied in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her pearl diadem; around, four dolphins swimming counterclockwise to left