Details
LOT 2895
Sicily, Syracuse AE 18mm. Time of Agathokles, circa 317-310 BC.
Wreathed head of Arethusa to left; [ΣYPAKO]ΣIΩN upwards before, bucranium behind / Bull butting to left, ΣΩ above. CNS II, 106; HGC 2, 1489. Very Fine. Nice green patina.(3.22gr, 18mm, 10h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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