- ID: 327

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-03-22

SICILY. Syracuse.

AR-Dekadrachm, by Euainetos.
Av.: Quadriga to l., horses in high action, Nike flying to r., crowning charioteer, in exergue, arms.
Rv.: Head of Arethusa to l., wearing corn wreath, surrounded by four dolphins.
42,29 g. c. 36 mm.

Ref.: cf. Gallatin R.II/C.I.

BoC: 21/2, 1996/97, p. 12.

FAKE – A very recent manufacture, pressed from modern dies. It has flat fields and an atypial edge. For a genuine specimen of these dies see Boston 421.