Triton XVIII, Lot: 390. Estimate $30000. Sold for $28000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (35mm, 43.25 g, 10h). Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos. Struck circa 405-380/67 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 Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; [ΣΥ-Ρ-Α]-Κ-ΟΣΙΩΝ behind hair, four swimming dolphins around. Gallatin dies R.XVI/F.IX; HGC 2, 1299; BMC 186 (same rev. die); Boston MFA 429 (same rev. die); Dewing 917 (same dies); Gulbenkian 317 (same dies); Ward 293 (same rev. die). EF, toned, a couple hairline die breaks, a little die rust on obverse, die shift on reverse.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 Decemeber 1985), lot 77.