Lot 22
Sicily, Leontinoi (c.430-425 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.28g, 3h. Sicily, Leontinoi (c.430-425 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.28g, 3h. Head of Apollo facing left, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. LEONTINON, lion’s head, with jaws open and tongue protruding, facing to left, a bay-leaf behind, three barley-corns around (Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (these dies); SNG ANS 257 (these dies); Boehringer, ‘Zur Münzgeschichte von Leontinoi in Klassischen Zeit’, in Studies to Price, 55 (these dies)). Residual lustre beneath a light tone, extremely fine and attractive.
Estimated Value $3,500-UP.
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| Realized $3,803 |
