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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7816926, member: 86498&quot;]I am very fond of the coins minted in Sicily and over the years have tried to purchase a number. One of the more prolific mints is that of Syracuse and it is my opinion that this mint is one of the most important and among the most innovative in the whole history of Greek numismatics. It is also one of the longest lived finally succumbing in 212 BC. Unfortunately most of the other Greek mints ceased production about 2 centuries earlier. However it can be said that even though much of the Sicilian coinage was minted during a roughly 100 year window, their output contained some of the greatest numismatic masterpieces ever struck. </p><p>Syarcuse Ar Tetradrachm minted circa 450-440 BC Obv. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right.Above Nike crowning horses. Rv. Head of Arethusa right wearing pearl taina surrounded by four dolphins</p><p>Boehringer 515 HGC 1311 17.10 grms 27 mm[ATTACH=full]1343520[/ATTACH] Even though the treatment of the quadriga is fairly standard what we can see even at this early date is the transition from a more archaic image of Arethusa to one that is more natural. The eye is now in profile and the hair though still very stylized has a more individualistic appearance. Also missing are the very sharp features common to earlier coins. The chin is more rounded, the nose more fleshy and the mouth has lost that archaic smile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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