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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 8277818, member: 84065"]My splurge...</p><p>Sicily. Syracuse. Time of Agathokles, 310-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.98g, 6h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Obv: Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around, NI below neck. Rev: Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; counterclockwise triskeles above, [Σ]YPAKOΣIΩ[N] and monogram in exergue. Ref: Ierardi 39 (O4/R15); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 633–5 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 460 = Warren 402; Dewing 943 (same obv. die); Morgan 150 (same dies). Near Extra Fine, even light tone, with golden hues. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Pegasi (16 Sept 2000). Ex CNG Triton XXIII (15 Jan 2020), Lot 142. Estimate $3,000; Hammer $5,500.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461709[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 8277818, member: 84065"]My splurge... Sicily. Syracuse. Time of Agathokles, 310-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.98g, 6h). Struck circa 317-310 BC. Obv: Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; three dolphins around, NI below neck. Rev: Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; counterclockwise triskeles above, [Σ]YPAKOΣIΩ[N] and monogram in exergue. Ref: Ierardi 39 (O4/R15); BAR Issue 2; HGC 2, 1348; SNG ANS 633–5 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 460 = Warren 402; Dewing 943 (same obv. die); Morgan 150 (same dies). Near Extra Fine, even light tone, with golden hues. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Pegasi (16 Sept 2000). Ex CNG Triton XXIII (15 Jan 2020), Lot 142. Estimate $3,000; Hammer $5,500. [ATTACH=full]1461709[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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