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- ID: 295
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-02-25
SICILY. Syracuse.
AR-Tetradrachm.
Av.: Head of Arethusa to l., wearing corn wreath, around three dolphins.
Rv.: Quadriga galloping to l., led by a female charioteer who is being crowned by Nike.
15,19 g. c. 31 mm.
BoC.: 12/1, 1987, p. 11. and 20/1, 1995, p. 31.
FAKE – This coin is a concotion, vaguely following the well-known Syracusan tetradrachms of Agathokles, but replacing Nike, the charioteer, by a wingless lady. It is in fact a typical fake for tourists. There is an amusing and interesting detail, however, the coin is signed. Between the exergue line there is a clear signature in Cyrillic script (Slavei).