CNG 111, Lot: 63. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.40 g, 8h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 41 = Hirsch 441 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 222 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, area of roughness on reverse.

From the Ealing Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 133.