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SICILY: SYRACUSE - Dionysios I - c.405-367 B.C.
Silver  Dekadrachm (35mm, 43.33 gm) c.400 B.C.
Reference:     (Gallatin R.XI./D.I.; SNG ANS 371 (this reverse die); Rizzo pl. LIV, 4 (this  reverse die); Gulbenkian 314 (this reverse die); Pozzi 614 (these dies); Dewing  902 (these dies)). 
 Reverse die signed by the artist Euainetos. 
Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron in his right hand and  the reins in his left, driving a fast quadriga to left, Nike flies above to  crown the charioteer, in the exergue on two steps are a military harness,  shield, greaves, cuirass and a crested Attic helmet, all connected by a  horizontal spear.
 ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, head of Arethusa facing left, wearing a wreath of reeds, a  triple-pendant earring and a necklace, dolphins swimming around, Δ below chin,  signature [EY-AINE] (off flan) below.
Beautiful style, by one of the most talented die-engravers of late fifth century  Syracuse.