Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (34mm, 42.30 g, 4h). Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos. Struck circa 404-380/67 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 Arethusa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; Σ-ΥΡΑ-Κ-Ο-Σ-ΙΩΝ above, scallop shell behind neck, four swimming dolphins around. Gallatin dies R.XIV/F.VIIA; HGC 2, 1299; SNG ANS 373; Dewing 912; Gulbenkian 315; Pozzi 617 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, numerous marks, struck with worn obverse die.


From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 272 (4 May 2011), lot 96.