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SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AV stater, octobol or double-decadrachm (18mm, 5.70 gm, 2h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Struck as King of Sicily (295-289 BC). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl embossed with leaping griffin / AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ BAΣIΛEOΣ above and below winged thunderbolt, T below. HGC 2, 1535. Gulbenkian 339 (this coin). BAR issue 29. Cf. SNG ANS 702 (different reverse symbol). A stunning example of this scarce issue, struck from dies of exquisite style with only a few faint surface marks keeping it from sheer perfection.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 4 (11 December 2006), lot 53.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 12000-16000 USD
SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AV stater, octobol or double-decadrachm (18mm, 5.70 gm, 2h). NGC MS★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Struck as King of Sicily (295-289 BC). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, the bowl embossed with leaping griffin / AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ BAΣIΛEOΣ above and below winged thunderbolt, T below. HGC 2, 1535. Gulbenkian 339 (this coin). BAR issue 29. Cf. SNG ANS 702 (different reverse symbol). A stunning example of this scarce issue, struck from dies of exquisite style with only a few faint surface marks keeping it from sheer perfection.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 4 (11 December 2006), lot 53.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 12000-16000 USD