CNG 96, Lot: 14. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV Stater – Double Dekadrachm (16mm, 5.71 g, 8h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin, and pearl necklace / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ and T in two lines below. Bérend, l'or, dies D1/R3; BAR issue 29; HGC 2, 1535; de Luynes 133 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light scuff and cleaning marks on obverse, light marks on reverse. Well centered and struck.

Ex Coin Galleries FPL (Spring 1981), no. 4.