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CICF Signature Sale 3046 14-15 April 2016
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SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AV sixth stater or diobol (10mm, 1.39 gm, 6h). Struck under Agathocles as Tyrant, 317-310 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed in grain / ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN, bull advancing left. HGC 2, 1288. SNG ANS 707. Rare gold fraction! A pleasing specimen of this rarity, with a head of Persephone in fine style. A few minor surface scrapes, otherwise a pleasing Good Very Fine.Ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Estimate: 1200-1500 USD
SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AV sixth stater or diobol (10mm, 1.39 gm, 6h). Struck under Agathocles as Tyrant, 317-310 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed in grain / ΣYPAK-OΣIΩN, bull advancing left. HGC 2, 1288. SNG ANS 707. Rare gold fraction! A pleasing specimen of this rarity, with a head of Persephone in fine style. A few minor surface scrapes, otherwise a pleasing Good Very Fine.Ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Estimate: 1200-1500 USD