CNG 100, Lot: 12. Estimate $5000.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV Drachm – Hemistater (16mm, 4.30 g, 2h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; tiny retrograde Σ below / Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand, reins in left, driving galloping biga right; triskeles below, ΣYP-AK-OΣ-IΩN around. Bérend, l’or pl. 9, 1; BAR Issue 1; HGC 2, 1276; SNG ANS 550; SNG Lloyd 1472–3 var. (obv. control mark); Basel –; Dewing 934 var. (same); Gulbenkian 327 var. (same). Near EF, toned, light die rust on obverse, slight die shift on reverse.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 33; Numismatic Fine Arts VI (27 February 1979), lot 82.

Current Status

CNG 100, Lot: 12.
Closing Date And Time: Oct 07, 2015 at 9:03:00 AM ET.
Current Date And Time: Apr 18, 2024 at 5:21:36 PM ET.
Currently: $4750. High Bidder NYGMNick. Bidders (5).