Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 194. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. Sold For $1815. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.81 g, 10h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, surrounded by three dolphins; NK below neck / Charioteer driving quadriga left; triskeles above, monogram in exergue. Ierardi 49 (O9/R27); SNG ANS 633. Good VF, toned, light smoothing and area of roughness on obverse. Rare die combination, only one example recorded by Ierardi.