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Triton XVIII, Lot: 396. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.03 g, 7h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around, ΦI below neck / Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; counterclockwise triskeles above, [Σ]YPAKOΣIΩN and monogram in exergue. Ierardi 59 (O11/R37); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 642 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1480 (same obv. die); Sartiges 145 (same obv. die); Pozzi 642 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, minor flan flaw at edge on reverse.


From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 64 (incorrect Ierardi citation).