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Tetradrachm - Dionysius I
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 405 BC - 395 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Fast quadriga driven to left by a bearded charioteer who holds the reins in both hands and the kentron (goad) in his right; the head of the third horse is turned back toward the viewer. Nike flies to right above the scene, extending a wreath to crown the charioteer. The composition conveys vigorous motion characteristic of the finest Syracusan die-engraving of the late fifth century BC. In the exergue, a barley ear is rendered in high relief. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Facing left, the head of the nymph Arethusa is depicted in fine classical style, her hair bound with an ampyx and enclosed in a sphendone. She wears a double-spiral earring and a simple necklace adorned with a prominent spherical pendant. Four dolphins surround her: two swimming downward and one upward in the left field, and a fourth swimming downward behind her neck to the right. The ethnic legend ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-Ω-Ν is inscribed around the periphery of the design. |
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