Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (34.5mm, 43.20 g, 7h). Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos. Struck circa 405-380/67 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in her extended hands; below heavy exergual line, [military harness, shield], greaves, cuirass, and crested Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; [AΘΛA below] / Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; Σ-ΥΡΑ-Κ-Ο-Σ-ΙΩΝ behind hair, shell behind neck, four dolphins swimming around. Gallatin dies R.XIV/F.VIIA; Scavino 45 (D13/R25a); HGC 2, 1299; SNG ANS 373 (same dies); Dewing 912 (same dies); Gillet 652 (same dies);Gulbenkian 315 (same dies); Pozzi 617 (same dies). Deep old find patina, usual minor die rust on obverse. EF.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gemini XIV (18 April 2018), lot 77 (hammer $50,000); Golden Horn Collection (Stack's, 12 January 2009), lot 2135.