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Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. Quadriga and Arethusa Dekadrachm.
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Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. 400-390 BC. AR Dekadrachm (42.64 gm, 33.3mm, 6h) on Attic standard. Fast quadriga driven left by charioteer being crowned by Nike, flying right; ex: panoply of armor, spear behind. / Head of Arethusa left, hair wreathed, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace, four dolphins around and scallop shell behind. [ΣꓦΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ]. nVF/EF. Unsigned die by the "shell engraver" in the style of Euainetos. Characteristic obverse die rust. SNG ANS 5 #370 (same dies); ACNAC Dewing 907-908 (same); Gallatin series F: O.VIII-R.F.I #1-2 (same); Gulbenkian Coll. I #315-317; HGC 2 #1299; SNG Ashmolean II #2026.
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![Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. Quadriga and Arethusa Dekadrachm.
Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. 400-390 BC. AR Dekadrachm (42.64 gm, 33.3mm, 6h) on Attic standard. Fast quadriga driven left by charioteer being crowned by Nike, flying right; ex: panoply of armor, spear behind. / Head of Arethusa left, hair wreathed, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace, four dolphins around and scallop shell behind. [ΣꓦΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ]. nVF/EF. Unsigned die by the "shell engraver" in the style of Euainetos. Characteristic obverse die rust. SNG ANS 5 #370 (same dies); ACNAC Dewing 907-908 (same); Gallatin series F: O.VIII-R.F.I #1-2 (same); Gulbenkian Coll. I #315-317; HGC 2 #1299; SNG Ashmolean II #2026.](albums/userpics/49243/normal_Sicily_Syracuse_SNG-ANS5_370_gf.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. Quadriga and Arethusa Dekadrachm.
Greek Sicily. Syracuse, Second Democracy & Dionysios I. 400-390 BC. AR Dekadrachm (42.64 gm, 33.3mm, 6h) on Attic standard. Fast quadriga driven left by charioteer being crowned by Nike, flying right; ex: panoply of armor, spear behind. / Head of Arethusa left, hair wreathed, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace, four dolphins around and scallop shell behind. [ΣꓦΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ]. nVF/EF. Unsigned die by the \"shell engraver\" in the style of Euainetos. Characteristic obverse die rust. SNG ANS 5 #370 (same dies); ACNAC Dewing 907-908 (same); Gallatin series F: O.VIII-R.F.I #1-2 (same); Gulbenkian Coll. I #315-317; HGC 2 #1299; SNG Ashmolean II #2026.")
