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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2128413, member: 56859&quot;]Type?&nbsp; A tetradrachm.&nbsp; An incredibly artistic and well-preserved 2300+ year old chunk of silver struck under the tyrant Agathokles:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/agathoklestetradrachm-1000w-jpg.403962/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BCE)</b></p><p><b>310-305 BCE</b></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><i>ArtCoinsRoma, auction 8, Feb. 2014</i></p><p>The story of its acquisition is <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!adventures-in-bidland/c1ekz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!adventures-in-bidland/c1ekz" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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