AGATHOCLES SILVER TETRADRACHM – NIKE WITH TROPHY TYPE EX STERNBERG 1995 – XF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 20320)

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20320. SICILY. SYRACUSE. AGATHOCLES, 317–289 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.11 g, 26 mm. Issue of ca. 310–306 BC.
Obv. KOPAΣ, wreathed head of Kore right. Rev. AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ, Nike standing right, nailing armor to trophy, AI monogram beneath left wing, triskeles in right field.
Ierardi 91 (O18/R60); HGC 1, 1536.
Ex Numismatica Fiorentina, with their dealer tag = NAC 92 Part 1, 5/23/2016, lot 137 = Triton VII, 1/12/2004, 108 = Sternberg XXIX, 10/30/1995, 47.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, Sternberg provenance noted on label, obverse with its characteristic die flaw, superlative multicolored iridescence and struck from the finely engraved dies that appear early in the series.