433, Lot: 4. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.05 g, 10h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Wreathed head of Arethousa left; three dolphins around; NI below neck / Charioteer driving quadriga left; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi 13a (O2/R9 -
this coin); BAR issue 2; HGC 2, 1348. VF, toned, weak strike at high points, some die wear and a little off center on reverse.
Ex Manhattan Sale III (3 January 2012), lot 82; Dr. Paul Stadler Szego Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XXIII, 14 December 1989), lot 380; Kricheldorf XVII (8 May 1967), lot 47.