Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (31mm, 42.48 g, 8h). Reverse die signed by Euainetos. Struck circa 404-390 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 Arethusa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; ΣΥ-ΡΑ-Κ-Ο-[ΣΙΩΝ] above, Δ below chin, four swimming dolphins around, [EY-AINE along lower edge]. Gallatin dies R.X/D.I; HGC 2, 1299; SNG ANS 371 (same dies); BMC 174 (same dies); Dewing 901 (same dies); Gulbenkian 314 (same rev. die); Pozzi 614 (same rev. die); Rizzo pl. LIV, 4 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned, flan a little compact, only a hint of die rust in hair of Arethusa.


Ex Berk BBS 173 (15 March 2011), lot 120.