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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 374. Estimate $1250. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. 
Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.95 gm). Struck circa 305-295 BC. Wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace / Nike standing right, erecting trophy; triskeles to right. Ierardi 135 (O33/R88); SNG ANS 669 (same dies). Good VF, beautifully engraved dies. Very rare issue with the ethnic on the obverse. Only two specimens (McClean 2834 and Jameson 865) recorded by Ierardi from this die pairing. ($1250)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.