Electrotype: Sicily, Syracuse AR Dekadrachm. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials for Museum). Time of Dionysios I, circa 405-370 BC. Reverse die signed by Kimon. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga to left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flies to right, wreath in outstretched arms to crown charioteer; in exergue, panoply of arms on two steps: cuirass, two greaves, Phrygian helmet; horizontal spear behind, [AΘΛA] in tiny letters below / Head of nymph Arethusa to left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained in an open-weave sakkos and band inscribed KI above forehead; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ behind, four dolphins around. Head, Guide -; for prototype, cf. Jongkees 1 (VA / Ra); Rizzo plates L, 1 and LII, 1. 42.53g, 36mm, 8h.
Condition as Seen.
Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.