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Item Sold At Auction #39
Lot Number: 64398
                Estimate: $1,000.00
                Final Sale Price: $742.50
Denomination: Tetradrachm
                Grade: Good VF
                Reference: Ierardi 7-8, 28 (O4/R13); SNG ANS 634; SNG Ashmolean 2067

  Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.95 gm). Circa 310-305
  BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, three dolphins around, NI below neck /
  SURAKOSIWN, charioteer driving quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in
  left; triskeles above, AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi, "Tetradrachms of Agathocles
  of Syracuse," in ANSAJN 7-8, 28 (O4/R13); SNG ANS 634 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 2067
  (same dies). Good VF, areas of porosity. Estimate $1000.
Online auction number 39 closed October 10, 2001.
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