Electrotype: Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials for Museum). Time of Agathokles, circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of Kore to right, wearing earring, necklace and wreath of grain ears; KOPAΣ to left / Nike standing to right, wearing drapery that falls to waist, erecting trophy to right; AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ to left, triskeles to right. Head, Guide IV C, 29; for prototype, cf. Ierardi 129; Gulbenkian 336; SNG ANS 668; SNG Lloyd 1491. 18.81g, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as Seen.
Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.