SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33mm, 42.51 g, 12h). Reverse die signed by Kimon. Struck circa 404-400 BC. Good VF.Triton XXVII Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 57 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Dekadrachm (33mm, 42.51 g, 12h). Reverse die signed by Kimon. Struck circa 404-400 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, a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; [AΘΛA below] / Head of Arethousa left, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair restrained in an open-weave sakkos and ampyx, KI (Kimon’s signature) on ampyx; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-ΩΝ behind hair, four dolphins swimming around. Jongkees 6 (dies A/ζ); Scavino 6a (D1/R6) = M. Wallenbrock, Three Centuries of Silver, Art and the Coins of Syracuse (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2023), p. 102, fig. 4.4 (this coin); Regling, Dekadrachmon 6; HGC 2, 1298; SNG ANS 357 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1410 (same rev. die); Dewing 870 (same dies); Boston MFA 433 = Warren 356 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 121 (same dies); Rizzo pl. L, 5 (same rev. die). Toned, usual obverse die rust. Good VF. The reverse finely centered and struck. A masterpiece of the die engraver’s art. |