SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.32 g, 5h).Triton XXIV Greek, Silver Sold For $ 12 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.32 g, 5h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; 6E-o-n-t5-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). In NGC encapsulation 3599630-006, graded MS(star), Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Struck at an early die state, with the characteristic die break in the hair of Apollo being quite small. |