448, Lot: 665. Estimate $300. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELECTROTYPES, Sicily. Syracuse. Hieron I. 19th century Electrotype “Dekadrachm” (35mm, 34.14 g, 3h). BM Electrotype (marked [MB] on obverse). Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, lion advancing right around; (MB) incuse to right of lion / Head of Arethusa right, wearing laurel wreath, hoop earring with single pendant, and pearl necklace, enclosed within linear circle; ΣV-RAK-OΣI-ON and four dolphins swimming clockwise around. Head, Guide, Period II.C. 54; for prototype: BMC 63. Toned. As made.

From the Rye Collection.