CNG 100, Lot: 15. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. EL 10 Litrai – Twelfth Stater (8.5mm, 0.75 g, 6h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of nymph right, wearing single-pendent earring and necklace / Octopus. Jenkins, Electrum, Group A, dies a/a; BAR issue 12; SNG ANS 620 (same dies); BMC 270 (same dies). VF, toned, light marks, die break below neck, tiny deposits on reverse. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 864094 (February 2010); Heritage (3 January 2010), lot 21234.