SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). EL 25 or 12.5-litrai or quarter-stater (11mm, 1.88 gm, 9h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-306/5 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left with long hair / ΣYPAKO-ΣIΩN, cithara with four strings. HGC 2, 1295. BMC 268 (same dies). SNG Fitzwilliam 1295-1296 (same dies). Crisp, bright, and lustrous. Quite handsome in hand. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 100, 7 October 2015), lot 14; Classical Numismatic Group, private sale (November 1996). HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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