

Sicily. Syracuse. Agathokles (317-289 BC). AV Hemistater or Drachm, c. 317-310 BC. Obv. Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; tiny retrograde Σ below the neck. Rev. Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving galloping biga right; triskeles below, ΣYP-AK-OΣ-I-ΩN around. HGC 2 1276; SNG ANS 549-553; BMC 338; Bérend, l'or, pl. 9, 1; BAR Issue 1. 4.22 g. 15.50 mm. Superb coin, sharply struck from fresh dies and in exceptional state of preservation. Brilliant and lightly toned. EF.