Syracuse Dekadrachm - Dionysios I, -405 – -367

Decadrachm from Syracuse. Issued from -405 to -367. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 43.12 g.

Obverse

Quadriga galloping to left, driven by a female charioteer who leans forward, with a kentron in her right hand and the reins in her left. Above left, Nike flying right to crown the driver and in exergue below, panoply of arms on pedestal inscribed with ΑΘΛΑ

Reverse

Head of Arethusa to left, her hair bound in an ampyx with a net behind, and wearing a pendant earring and a pearl necklace. Around her head, four dolphins: two swimming towards each other before, one swimming downwards behind, and one nestling under the neck truncation