14C011
SICILY, SYRACUSE
AR Decadrachm (42.84gm)
c. 405-400 B.C.

Signed on reverse by Euainetus. Fast quadriga left, above Nike flying right to crown driver, panoply of arms in exergue / Head of Arethusa left, wreathed with grain leaves, four dolphins around, die engraver's signature EY-AINE under neck truncation. Gallatin O.IV/R.C.XV.

Very Rare and always highly desirable. In the impressive coinage of Syracusan decadrachms in the style of Euainetus, less than half the reverse dies bear the artist's signature.

Catalogue XIV

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