Dekadrachm - Dionysius I

€408,037.00

Issuer	Syracuse
Year	404 BC - 400 BC
Type	Standard circulation coin
Value	Decadrachm (50)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Silver
Weight	42.51 g
Dimensions	33 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique	Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)	Kimon
In circulation to
Reference(s)	SNG ANS 5#357-358, Dewing#870-871, SNG Lloyd#1410, BostonMFA#433, Kraay&Hirm#121, Gulbenkian#305, Nanteuil#357, SNG Lockett#989

Obverse description	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.
Obverse script	Greek
Obverse lettering	ΑΘΛΑ
Reverse description	Head of Arethusa 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 swimming dolphins before and below.
Reverse script	Greek
Reverse lettering	ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-ΩΝ KI
Edge
Mint
Mintage	ND (404 BC - 400 BC) - -
Catalog ID	1556644030
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