Lot 1577
Sicily, Leontinoi, c. 430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.39 g). Laureate head left of Apollo. Reverse: Lion's head left with open jaws and protruding tongue, surrounded by three barleycorns and one bay leaf. Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (these dies); SNG ANS 257. This particular coin is free of the unsightly die-breaks and flatness often associated with this type. It has needle-like sharpness in the devices and is certainly one of the finest of the now exhausted hoard. Superb, Nearly Mint State.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000.
Collecting Ancient Greek Coins (P. Rynearson) p. 44, 3.6 (this coin pictured).
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| Realized $8,050 |
