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           Item Sold At Auction #19
Lot Number: 61132
                Estimate: $1,600.00
                Final Sale Price: $1,787.50
Denomination: Tetradrachm
                Grade: EF nice, lightly toned
                Reference: SNG ANS 633-635; Jameson 861; Dewing 943 (same reverse
                die); McClean 2818

  Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.11 gm). Circa 310-305
  BC. Wreathed head of Arethusa left, three dolphins around, NI below neck / Charioteer
  driving quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; triskeles above,
  SURAKOSIWN and AI monogram in exergue. Ierardi, "Tetradrachms of Agathocles of
  Syracuse," in ANSAJN 7-8, - (cf. O6/R11); SNG ANS 633-635; Jameson 861; Dewing 943
  (same reverse die); McClean 2818. Lightly toned, nice EF, strike slightly flat in
  hair. Estimate $1600.
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