Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 112. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 400-390 BC. AV 50 Litrae - Dekadrachm (2.87 gm). SURA, young male head left / Horse prancing right; SURAKOSIWN between two exergual lines. Bérend 8; SNG ANS 346 (same dies). EF. (See color enlargement on plate 1.) ($2500) 

The source for some of Dionysios' gold was, indirectly, the Persian satrap Pharnabazos. Pharnabazos supported Dionysios' opponent, Hermokrates. When Hermokrates was killed in battle against Dionysios' forces in 407, his Persian gold was taken by the victor to fund other campaigns.