Triton XVI, Lot: 238. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.92 g, 11h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Arethusa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around, NI below neck / Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; counterclockwise triskeles above, [Σ]YPAKOΣIΩ[N] and monogram in exergue. Ierardi 34 (O6/R24); SNG ANS 638 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1479 (same dies); de Luynes 1317 (same obv. die); Pozzi 641 (same dies). Superb EF, toned.