SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.08 g, 5h). Struck circa 405-400 BC.

Triton XXV
Lot: 103. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.08 g, 5h). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, holding [kentron] in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with wreath held her extended hands; two dolphins confronted in exergue / Head of Arethousa left, hair in ampyx and sphendone; two dolphins flanking, ΣVP[A]KOΣION below. Boehringer, Münzprägungen, pl. II, 18; HGC 2, 1367 (Second Democracy); SNG ANS 305; SNG Lloyd 1376–7; SNG Lockett, 978–9. Old cabinet tone. VF. Struck on a broad flan from artistic dies. Rare.

From the Pythagoras Collection.


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