Rare Denomination

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 79. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 476-466 BC. AR Didrachm (8.25 g, 12h). Horseman riding right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 12 (same dies); SNG ANS 210 (same rev. die). VF, find patina, minor porosity. Overstruck on uncertain type. Rare.

From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection.