Ancient gigolo: The life of Agathocles of Syracuse

I didn't comment on yours yesterday, but I definitely took notice. Your coin is a real beauty. Artemis is stunning and the winged thunderbolt reverse is very interesting .I'd imagine it's probably a tribute to Zeus?

I think I'm going to be on the lookout for one like yours. Thanks a lot, that's one more coin in my mile long Want List.

 

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A quick ac search shows them to be pretty well split with a couple more right facing. Though being Agothakles, they are all butt facing.

 

@Ajax mentions this catalogue: "BAR issue 33" in this thread. No idea what BAR means. Can someone clarify?

 

I have one of these as well. Back in the day B I (Before internet) I collected just Roman coins however I could help looking at the Greek coins as like many I found them to be stunning. I finally decide to start collecting Greek sometime after a hoard of these came on the market.
Syracuse Ar Tetradrachm 317-310 BC Time of Agathokles as Tyrant. Obv Head of Arethusa Left wearing wreath of grain ears all surrounded by four dolphins. Rv. Charioteer driving quadriga of four horses left. triskeles above. Ierardi 75 (O13/ R49) HGC 1348 17.10 grms 23 mm Photo by W. Hansen Despite my enthusiasm, it took me 20 years to finally get what I invariably call a "poor man's Dek" It is interesting that Agathokles decided to revive the classic types minted by Syracuse that had been suspended for almost 100 years. However there are some very subtle differences between this coin and those of similar type that preceded it. On this coin Arethusa claims the obverse.