- ID: 326

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-03-22

SICILY. Syracuse.

AR-Dekadrachm, signed by Kimon.
Av.: Quadriga to l., horses galloping above, Nike flying to r., crowning charioteer, in exergue, arms.
Rv.: Head of Arethusa to l., sourrounded by four dolphins. On the dolphin below the neck truncation, signature, on hairband, K.
Normal weight.

Ref.: cf. Jongkees, The Kimonian Decadrachms (1941), obv. B/rev. y.

BoC: 21/2, 1996/97, p. 11.

FAKE – A twin of the counterfeit which we already published in BoC 16/1, 1991, p.16. These counterfeits are struck (pressed) from modern dies. The fields are somewhat flat and the hornsilver is utterly artificial.