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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2754922, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some coins of the closest Sicilian enemy of Carthage at the time, Agathokles.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years before the issue of the Melqart-Herakles/horse head tets:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fwww.cointalk.com%252525252Fproxy.php%252525253Fimage%252525253Dhttps%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252525252Fmedia%25252525252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%25252525252Fv1%25252525252Ffill%25252525252Fw_1000%25252525252Ch_625%25252525252Cal_c%25252525252Cq_90%25252525252Fae43f8_7b2de20fa2f9493b92586ff830e4c774.jpg%2525252526hash%252525253D8fcd1894533ec93630413e836bfc6cc5%25252526hash%2525253D7dea61ccb90f0498bca9d71f14fb7660%252526hash%25253D234ee9318968e225ff518172658f3e25%2526hash%253D0265e08082821215dc8c4f9bfad9aaf6%26hash%3D683980e6c37af64782ed33fc543aa87b&amp;hash=8e733650da08e9dac4f2383a18f953d6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p>struck 310-305 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.40 g, 24 mm</p><p>Obv: head of the nymph Arethusa left, wearing grain wreath, earring and necklace; around, three dolphins; under, monogram (NK?)</p><p>Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, fast chariot charioteer leads to left, holding reins and kentron; above, triskeles; in exergue, monogram</p><p>Ref: Ierardi 12 (O2-R8); SNG Copenhagen 573 var., SNG ANS 637</p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-adventures-in-bidland-agathokles-tetradrachm.243930/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>One issued during the same period, with permission from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] who is too busy to post it... probably tied up monitoring the NAC auction via phone while sitting on the steps of Poseidon&#039;s Temple <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]631813[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.90g). Struck ca. 310/08-306/5 BC. Wreathed head of Kore right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace. Reverse: Nike standing right, and erecting trophy; to left, triskeles; between Nike and trophy, monogram. Ierardi 98 (O20/R59); Gulbenkian 334 (same rev. die); Kraay-Hirmer 137 (same rev. die); SNG Munich 1267 (same obv. die); SNG Manchester 508 (same obv. die). Superb Extremely Fine. Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, part II (Sotheby&#039;s, 21-22 June 1990), 286.</i></p><p><a href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p444364358/h47015f2#h47015f2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colosseocollection.com/p444364358/h47015f2#h47015f2" rel="nofollow">Writeup on ColosseoCollection</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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