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Euainetos-signed Dekadrachm

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 64. Estimate $20000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. 
Sold For $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (42.41 g, 6h). Reverse die signed by Euainetos. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; below heavy exergue line, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear / SU-RA-K-O-SIW-[N], head of Arethusa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; surrounded by four dolphins, EY-[AI]NE below (top of letters visible). Gallatin dies R.II/C.I; SNG ANS 362 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1412; Dewing 874 (same dies); Gulbenkian 310 (same dies); Warren 364 (same dies). VF, minor die rust, small area of roughness at edge. Artistic dies.