Toned Pedigreed Agathokles Tetradrachm

164, Lot: 22. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.16 g). Circa 310-305 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, three dolphins around, FI below neck / Charioteer driving quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi 60a (O11/R38 - this coin); SNG ANS 642 (same obverse die). VF, attractively toned.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 58 (19 September 2001), lot 124; Ars Classica XII (18-23 October 1926), lot 990.