Silver & Bronze
Lot 2480 SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG) Silver & Bronze
Estimate $2,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,000
SICILY, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.90 g), obv. head of Artemis-Arethusa to left, surrounded by three dolphins, with dotted border, trace of NK below, rev. galloping quadriga driven left by charioteer holding goad, above triskeles, in exergue **SURAKOSIWN over AN monogram, dotted border, (cf.S.971, BMC 350, SNG Lloyd 1478, cf.SNG ANS 637, cf.SNG Lockett 1022). Light grey tone, good very fine and very scarce.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 106, lot 3340. From the J.M. Wojtowicz Collection.
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