SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.94 g, 1h). Struck circa 310-306/5 BC. Head of Kore right, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Nike standing right, erecting trophy to right; triskeles to lower left. Ierardi 175d (O45/R116 – this coin); BAR Issue 23; HGC 2, 1536; SNG ANS 677 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1345 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1495 (same dies). Toned, roughness, light scuff on obverse. Near VF.
From the Henry A. Sauter Collection, purchased from Coin Galleries, 1978. Ex Stack’s (4 December 1976), lot 36.
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