Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 141. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $3200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.26 g, 10h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 38 var. (same obv. die; arrangement of ethnic); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 var. (same obv. die; same); SNG ANS 228 (same rev. die). Near EF, lightly toned. Fine style lion.