Triton XVII, Lot: 70. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 3h). In the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, dolphin right / Head of Arethusa left, hair in bands, wearing double-loop earring and plain necklace with frontal pendant; Σ-Y-PAK-O-Σ-IΩN and four dolphins around. Tudeer 92 (dies 33/64); HGC 2, 1345; SNG ANS 297 (same dies); Dewing 857–8 (same dies); Jameson 808 (same dies); Gulbenkian 297. Good VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die (as usual). Bold and artistic reverse die.

Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 24 (17 November 1962), lot 423; Egger XLV (12 November 1913), lot 396.