Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.66 g, 10h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring, and necklace; KOPAΣ to left / Nike standing right erecting trophy to right; AI monogram to lower left, triskeles to right, ΛΓΛOOKΛEOΣ in exergue. Ierardi 88b (O18/R57) = Basel 512 (this coin); BAR Issue 23; HGC 2, 1536; Gulbenkian 334 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 379 (same dies); McClean 2835 (same dies). Choice EF, attractive even gray tone. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Fine style.


Ex Star Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 48, 21 October 2008), lot 53; Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 512.