Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
Thursday 26 September 2024 hours 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Sicily, Syracuse, Agathokles (317-289 BC), Stater or Oktobol; AV (5,77 g; 15,6 mm)
Head of Athena r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin; Rv. Winged thunderbolt; above, AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ; below, BAΣIΛEOΣ / E. SNG ANS 704; HGC 1535. Possible evidence of old mounting, otherwise extremely fine.
From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.