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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 9

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 9500 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 7h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around, ΦI below neck / Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; counterclockwise triskeles above, ΣYPAKOΣIΩ[N] and monogram in exergue. Ierardi 67a (O12/R43 – this coin); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 640–1 (same obv. die); McClean 2817 (same obv. die). Attractively toned. Near EF.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex CNG inventory 160084 (January 2006); Münzen und Medaillen AG 37 (5 December 1968), lot 148; Engle-Gros Collection (Feuardent, 17 December 1921), lot 15.
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