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BMC 5AR Didrachm, 490-485 BC (8.73 g). Naked rider right, leading a second horse in the background / SU-R[AKO]-SI-ON, diademed head of Arethusa right, hair executed in the fine braids of late archaic korai, four dolphins around. BMC 2.5, same reverse die as Rizzo, pl. XXXIV.16.TextFull Size
Boehringer 20 Sicily, Syracuse. ca 510-485 BC. AR Tetradrachm. SVRA, charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding reins with both hands / Quadripartite incuse square, with central medallion bearing archaic head of Arethusa left. SNG ANS 4. TextFull Size
Boehringer 29•3 Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. ca 510-485 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding reins with both hands / Quadripartite incuse square, with central medallion bearing archaic head of Arethusa left. Jameson 734, SNG ANS 5. TextFull Size
Boehringer 33 Sicily, Syracuse. ca 510-485 BC. AR Didrachm. SVPA, nude horseman riding right, second horse behind / Quadripartite incuse square, with central medallion bearing archaic head of Arethusa left. TextFull Size
Boehringer 39 Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradracm. ca 490–485 BC. Slow quadriga right, above Nike alighting right to crown horses / SURAKOSIWN •, head of Arethusa right, in pearl diadem & necklace with pendant, beaded hair falling loose down back of neck. Randazzo 237. TextFull Size
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Syracuse, First Democracy
Entry for first_democracy on the Digital Historia Numorum
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