93. Sicily, Syracuse AR Stater. Third Democracy. Time of Timoleon, circa 341-317 BC. Pegasos flying left / Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. Calciati 2; SNG ANS 496-510. 8.63g, 23mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Lustrous metal. Struck on a very broad flan.
1,500
94. Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm. Time of Timoleon, circa 344-338 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, ZEUS ELEQUEPIOS around / Upright thunderbolt; barley grain in left field; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. CNS II, p. 167, 71; SNG ANS 474–6. 15.77g, 26mm, 8h. Good Very Fine.
500
95. Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemidrachm. Time of Timoleon, circa 344-338 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, ZEUS ELEQUEPIOS around / Upright thunderbolt; eagle in right field; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. CNS II, p. 167, 72; SNG ANS 477-88. 15.64g, 25mm, 11h. Extremely Fine. Excellent detail. Attractive dark green patina.
1,000
96. Sicily, Syracuse EL 50 Litrai. Agathokles, circa 317-289 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left, star behind / Tripod, ΣYPAKOΣIΩN around. SNG ANS 623. 3.54g, 16mm, 7h. Some surface marks, otherwise Good Extremely Fine.
4,000
97. Sicily, Syracuse AV 80 Litrai. Agathokles, circa 305-289 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin, single-pendant earring and necklace / AGAQOKLEOS BASILEOS, winged thunderbolt; monogram below. Jameson 867; Bérend, l’or, pl. 9, 8; SNG ANS 704; SNG Lloyd 1510; Jenkins pl. 15, C; SNG Ashmolean 2081 (same rev. die). 5.71g, 17mm, 1h. Extremely Fine.
5,000
This piece is from a short-lived issue known from six obverse and seven reverse dies with numerous interlinkings, which suggest a specific occasion for its striking. Three alternatives proposed are the assumption of the royal title by Agathokles in 304 BC, the marriage of his daughter to Pyrrhos of Epeiros in 297, or renewed preparations for war against Carthage - the last of which seems the most plausible; indeed we see here a type familiar to Greek mercenaries that at once recalls the gold staters of Alexander The Great, and the silver staters of Alexander of Epeiros.
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