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CNG 99, Lot: 38. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.03 g, 1h). 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]YPAKOΣI[ΩN] and [monogram] in exergue. Ierardi 75 (O13/R49); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 643 (same obv. die); SNG München 1209 (same obv. die); McClean 2816 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned. Well centered and struck.


Ex CNG Inventory 926174 (May 2012); Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3019 (26 April 2012), lot 23046.