SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Dekadrachm (Silver, 34 mm, 42.65 g, 6 h), dies by Kimon, circa 405-400. Charioteer driving fast quadriga to left, holding kentron in his right hand and the reins in his left; above, Nike flying to right, crowning the charioteer with a wreath held in both hands; below heavy exergual line, a military harness: shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; below, [AΘΛA]. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Arethusa to left, wearing a single-pendant earring and a pearl necklace, her hair bound up at the back of her head in an open-weave sakkos; around, four dolphins, three swimming to left and one swimming downwards to right. BMFA 434 (same dies). Jongkees 8 (dies B/η). Pozzi 611 (same dies). SNG Ashmolean 2023 (same dies). SNG Lloyd 517 (same dies). Lightly toned. Struck from a somewhat worn and rusty obverse die; on the reverse, die break under Arethusa's chin, metal faults and some corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Collection of Prof. James M. Collier, and from the collection of W. N. Rudman, Classical Numismatic Group MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 209, ex Sotheby's 14 October 1999, 19.

This lot is sold to benefit the Collier Prize in Ancient Numismatics offered by the American Numismatic Society.