Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Lot 1544 Session 6 (9:30am Wednesday 1st August) Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Estimate $2,000
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SOLD $1,600
SICILY, Syracuse, Time of Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), electrum twenty five (25) litrai, (3.46 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo with long flowing hair, star behind, dotted border, rev. **SURAK SION* around, tripod lebes with legs ending in lion's feet, dotted border, (S.957, Jenkins 'Electrum Coinage of Syracuse' Essays Robinson, Group C (Pl.15, obv. die 30, rev. die 47), SNG ANS 630, SNG Lockett 994). Struck slightly off centre on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
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