294, Lot: 121. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.68 g, 11h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left; three dolphins around; ΦI below neck / Charioteer driving quadriga left; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi 66b corr. (O12/R42 – this coin, incorrect weight recorded); BAR Issue 2; SNG ANS 641 (same dies). VF, toned, a few light marks under tone on reverse.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Baron Friedrich von Schennis Collection (J. Hirsch XXXIII, 17 November 1913), lot 510 [incorrect weight recorded].