Stater - Agathokles

Agathokles seized power in Syracuse in 317 BC through a coup of extraordinary violence — he summoned the citizen assembly, then had his mercenaries slaughter several thousand political opponents on the spot. His subsequent coinage, including this stater, funded a war machine that took the fight directly to Carthage in 310 BC, the first time any Greek commander had landed an offensive army on African soil. The gambit nearly worked.

The Pegasi variety reference suggests minor die differences from the primary emission, likely reflecting the multiple workshops operating under pressure during his North African campaigns.