SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.55 g, 10h). EF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 52. Estimated: $ 3 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 4 875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.55 g, 10h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LE-O-N-TI-N-ON around; three barley grains above, to left, and below; leaf behind. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55 (same dies); HGC 2, 671 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1063 (same obv. die); Basel 353 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). Beautiful iridescent tone, minor flan flaws. EF. Not suitable for encapsulation. Includes IBSCC certificate of authenticity.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 16 (14 November 2022), lot 9 (hammer CHF 6000); Sincona 1 (29 June 2011), lot 4.


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