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Item Sold At Auction #35
Lot Number: 63695
Estimate: $1,000.00
Final Sale Price: $770.00
Denomination: Tetradrachm
Grade: VF attractively toned
Reference: Ierardi 92 (O21/R65); SNG ANS 664; SNG Munich 1266

  Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.35 gm). Circa 305-295
  BC. [KORAS], wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace
  / Nike standing right and erecting trophy; AI monogram left, triskeles to lower
  right, [AGAQOKLEOS] in exergue (off flan). Ierardi, "Tetradrachms of Agathocles of
  Syracuse," in ANSAJN 7-8, 92 (O21/R65) later die state; SNG ANS 664 (different dies);
  SNG Munich 1266 (different dies). Attractively toned VF, small compact flan. 

Online auction 35 closed August 13, 2001.

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