Triton XIX, Lot: 62. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.95 g, 5h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Arethusa 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 28 (O3/R8); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 634; Bement 534 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 377 (same obv. die); Jameson 861 (same obv. die); McClean 2818 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 380 (same rev. die). Good VF, dark iridescent tone.