441, Lot: 24. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.59 g, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 51 var. (rev. type left; same obv. die); HGC 2, 670 var. (same). Near VF, toned, some roughness, scratches. Rare variety.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Lakeview Collection (UBS 59, 27 January 2004), lot 5259 (part of).