445, Lot: 841. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. Electrotype (34mm, 33.92 g, 9h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons (marked R on edge). Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with laurel wreath held in her extended hands; below; a shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by a horizontal spear; [AΘΛA below] / Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; scallop shell behind; above, four dolphins swimming around, [EY-AINE below]. Head, Guide, Period II.C. –; for prototype: BMC, p. 172, 186. As made, toned.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.