CNG 100, Lot: 1290. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.49 g, 9h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Arethousa 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, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN and monogram in exergue. Ierardi 39 (O7/R22); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 639 (same obv. die); SNG Delepierre 701 (same rev. die); Boston MFA 460 = Warren 402 (same obv. die); Hirsch 660 (same obv. die); Weber 1668 (same rev. die). Near EF, attractively toned, a couple faint marks under tone on obverse.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Ceresio I (26 September 1987), lot 56.