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
Lot: 68. Estimated: $ 30 000

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.

Ex Triton XVI (8 January 2013), lot 230; Classical Numismatic Group 82 (16 September 2009), lot 305; Gorny & Mosch 151 (9 October 2006), lot 90; Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 39; Münzen und Medaillen AG XIII (17 June 1954), lot 1049.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session One – Lot 1-337 will be held Tuesday morning, 9 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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