Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 373. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 gm). Struck circa 310-305 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, surrounded by three dolphins; NK below neck / Charioteer driving quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi 51 (O9/R29 - this coin used to illustrate the dies); SNG ANS 637; SNG Lloyd 1478 (same obverse die). VF, toned. ($750)
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex M. Platt (4 December 1970), lot 61; Rhousopoulos Collection (Bourgey, 29 May 1911), lot 61; Bourgey (15 December 1909), lot 77.