SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm 17.25 G
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SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.25 gm, 6h). smoothing. Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-305 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and beaded necklace; three dolphins around, NK below neck truncation / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer driving quadriga galloping left, reins in left hand, kentron in right; triskeles counterclockwise above, AN monogram in exergue. SNG ANS 637. HGC 2, 1348. Gorgeous obsidian toning with hints of baby blue haloing devices.
This beautiful tetradrachm falls into the earlier series of coins struck under Agathocles, who ruled Syracuse as a military strongman or "tyrant" and later styled himself "King of Sicily." In many ways he was a western counterpart to the Hellenistic rulers who carved up Alexander the Great's vast empire to the east.
SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm 17.25 G
$7,700.00
Sale price
$7,700.00
Regular price
$0.00
SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.25 gm, 6h). smoothing. Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-305 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and beaded necklace; three dolphins around, NK below neck truncation / ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer driving quadriga galloping left, reins in left hand, kentron in right; triskeles counterclockwise above, AN monogram in exergue. SNG ANS 637. HGC 2, 1348. Gorgeous obsidian toning with hints of baby blue haloing devices.
This beautiful tetradrachm falls into the earlier series of coins struck under Agathocles, who ruled Syracuse as a military strongman or "tyrant" and later styled himself "King of Sicily." In many ways he was a western counterpart to the Hellenistic rulers who carved up Alexander the Great's vast empire to the east.