Two Choice Early Agathokles Trophy Tetradrachms

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 68. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.18 g, 10h). Struck circa 310/08-306/5 BC. KORAS, head of Kore right, wearing grain ear wreath, single-pendant earring and necklace / AGAQOKL[EOS], Nike standing right erecting trophy; monogram to left, triskeles to right. Ierardi 86 (O17/R57); Carroccio, basileus, type 23; SNG ANS 664 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1488 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 764 (same dies); SNG Delepierre 703 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, with underlying luster. Beautifully struck from dies of the finest style.