Ex Sandeman Collection of 1911

CNG 109, Lot: 64. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.19 g, 11h). 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 19c (O3/R11 – this coin); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; Hermitage Sale II 377 (same dies); Ward 316 (same dies). EF, attractive old toning, with an underlying dark iridescence.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 185 (8 March 2010), lot 44; John Glas Sandeman Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 June 1911), lot 71 (purchased by Serrure for £13).