CNG 91, Lot: 62. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 476-466 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 8.54 g, 5h). Nude horseman riding right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 12 (same dies); SNG ANS 210 (same rev. die). Good VF, attractively toned, flan flaw on reverse, a few field scratches on the obverse. Rare.

Ex New York Sale XXV (5 January 2011), lot 10.