SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Choice EF.

Triton XXVII
Lot: 47. Estimated: $ 7 500

Greek, 12h, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 13 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.22 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LEO-NT-I-NO-N and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 38 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 228 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1053–4; Basel 349; Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 (same obv. die). Lightly toned. Choice EF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 121; M. L. Collection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily (Numismatica Ars Classica 82, 20 May 2015), lot 42; Numismatica Ars Classica 4 (27 February 1991), lot 42.


The final winners of all Triton XXVII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 9-10 January 2024.

Triton XXVII – Session One – Lot 1-337 will be held Tuesday morning, 9 January 2024 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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