Drachm - Agathocles

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Tyrant	Agathocles (317 BC - 304 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	317 BC - 310 BC
Value	Drachm (5)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	4.12 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 181236
References	Jameson# 864 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , AMB Basel# 503 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 353 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Kunstfreund# 229 Herbert Adolph Cahn (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.), Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Pierre Strauss (ed.); 1974. Griechische Münzen aus der Sammlung eines Kunstfreundes: Auktion am 18. Mai 1974 in Zürich = Greek coins from the collection of an art lover. Bank Leu, Munzen & Medaillen Basel, Zürich, Switzerland / Basel, Switzerland. , HGC 2# 1365 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

Laureat z głową młodego Aresa w lewo, za nim Palladion Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Reverse

Triskeles z trzema ludzkimi nogami ze skrzydlatymi stopami. w centrum gorgoneion Automatically translated

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

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Giesecke, Sicilia Numismatica pl. 19, 13.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (317 BC - 310 BC)							$ 42 000

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BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 193, 353

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Roma Numismatics Auction XXIII Lot 71	24 Mar 2022	VF	USD 45 344.34 (GBP 34 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Nomos AG Auction 2 Lot 28	18 May 2010	VF	USD 21 927.08 (CHF 17 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the collections of A. Moretti, Triton II, 1 December 1998, 261, C. Gillet (”Kunstfreund”), Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 28 May 1974, 229, R. Jameson 864 and Sir Arthur J. Evans
© Nomos AG