CNG 84, Lot: 110. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.27 g, 5h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion left; three barley grains around, [leaf behind]. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 53 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 22 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 240-1 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, light scratch and area of roughness on reverse.