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Message:: [QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 8252657, member: 110226"]That's a beautiful coin with excellent centering! The eye of the front horse is struck up.  More often than not it is flat. That's arguably one of the most beautiful coins produced by Syracuse at the end of the 4th century BC. My example has more wear and a flan flaw and some horn silver (very light crystallization) on the reverse. The reverse die appears to have been too wide for the flan used to produce this coin.  On the other hand, the styling of the charioteer and the four horses conveys a dynamism of movement, of surging forward, something that I have always admired with this coin. The story of its acquisition is far more prosaic, compared to yours.  It was acquired back in the early 90s, from Harlan Berk, when a group of them appeared on the market, probably from a hoard.  I figured back then that was my best chance to secure one of these masterpieces at an "affordable" price.  This coin cost me around $750, as I recall.  As I was working for a non-profit health center, at a pretty meager salary, that was a significant expenditure at the time. 17.0 grams [ATTACH=full]1454277[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]