CNG 93, Lot: 1942. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELECTROTYPE, Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (35mm, 44.33 g, 3h). British Museum electrotype by Augustus Ready. Reverse die signed by Kimon. 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, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; AΘΛA below / Head of Arethusa left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained in an open-weave sakkos and ampyx; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-ΩΝ behind hair, four swimming dolphins before and below, KIMΩN along lowest dolphin. AR on edge. Head, Guide, Period III.C., 29. For prototype, cf. Jongkees 2e (dies A/β) = BMC 201 = BMC inv. no. 1841, 0726.288. Superb EF, toned, a little rubbed on the high points.