Gemini III, January 9th, 2007
Lot # 77Estimate: US$5000
             
SICILY. Syracuse, Agathokles. (Ca. 317-289 BC). Gold decadrachm 
(4.30 gm). Sicily, Syracuse, Struck ca. 317–310 BC. Laureate head of 
Apollo left, tiny cantharus behind / ÓÕÑ—AK—O—ÓIÙ[N], fast biga 
right, triskeles below. BMC 339. The cantharus symbol not 
represented in SNG ANS, SNG Copenhagen, SNG Lloyd, Boston, 
Gulbenkian, Pozzi or Weber. Magnificent mint state. 

The denomination may be called either a drachm, reflecting its 
weight, or a decadrachm, reflecting its value in terms of the silver 
equivalent. For the Greeks, silver was the measure of value. 
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  ... Lot 77 sold for high bid of $5500 [ $6325, or approx 4889.225 EUR, 3225.75 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) and
       Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)