Triton XIX, Lot: 2022. Estimate $7500. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV 100 Litrai – Double Dekadrachm (16mm, 5.69 g, 1h). Struck circa 304-289 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin, and pearl necklace / Winged thunderbolt; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, [B]AΣIΛEOΣ and T in two lines below. Bérend, l'or, dies D1/R3; BAR issue 29; HGC 2, 1535; SNG ANS 702 var. (control mark; same obv. die); Gulbenkian 339 (same rev. die); de Luynes 133 (same dies); Sartiges 148 (same rev. die). EF, lustrous, a couple light marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, February 1996.