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Triton XVII, Lot: 73. Estimate $20000.
Sold for $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (32mm, 42.80 g, 1h). 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.XI/D.I; HGC 2, 1299; SNG ANS 371 (same rev. die); Dewing 902 (same dies); Gulbenkian 314 (same rev. die); Pozzi 614 (same dies); Rizzo pl. LIV, 4 (same dies). Good VF, toned, minor die rust.


Lot includes official export papers from Italy.