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- ID: 385
Submitter: Jean-Luc
Added: 1998-04-21
SICILY. Syracuse.
Agathocles, 317-289 b.C.
El-50 litrae.
Av.: Laureate head of Apollo to l., behind, amphora with lid.
Rv.: Tripod.
3,54 g. c. 15 mm.
Ref.: cf. Auction Ars Classica 17, 1934, lot 251 and 249 (obv. only).
BoC: 20/2, 1995/6, p. 12.
FAKE – The symbol on the counterfeit is neither an amphore nor a cantharus, but a combination of the two.