By Carl Wilhelm Becker

340, Lot: 587. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR “Dekadrachm” (36mm, 39.50 g, 6h). Forgery by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. In the style of Kimon. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear / Head of Arethusa left, with hair in sakkos; four dolphins around. Hill 25. Good VF, toned.