Description : Ancient Greek Sicily Silver Dekadrachm Syracuse | | Syracuse, Dekadrachm (silver coin replica) 405-380 BC.
OBV: Galloping quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding goad, crowned by Nike flying r. above. In ex., panoply of armour consisting of cuirass flanked by greaves, with shield on l. and crested helmet on r.
R: Head of Artemis-Arethusa, or Persephone l., hair bound with wreath of corn-leaves, four dolphins around. |