(Vendue pour $55000.0)
The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. SICILY. Syracuse , Dionysios I (c.405-367 B.C.), Silver Dekadrachm, 42.82g,. Both the obverse and reverse dies signed by the artist Kimon, struck c.405-400 B.C. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a fast quadriga to left, Nike flies to right above to crown the charioteer, a heavy exergual line below the quadriga, below which on a stepped base are a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass, and Attic helmet, all connected by horizontal spear, AΘΛA below, the signature KIMΩN on the exergual line obliterated. Rev. ΣYPAKOΣ-IΩN , head of Arethusa to left, wearing a triple-pendant earring and a pearl necklace, her hair bound in front with an ampyx, a sakkos restraining her hair at back of her head, four dolphins around, on the lowest of which is the signature KIMΩN (Jongkees 5 (A/ε); Gulbenkian 304 (these dies); SNG Spencer-Churchill 56 (these dies)). Some die-rust on the obverse, otherwise well-centred and toned, beautiful style, very fine and rare, a very good example of this prestigious is sue. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, January 1989 US$ 55,000
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