Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 89. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Leontini. Circa 455-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.29 gm, 9h). Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 41 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 224 (same obv. die); Dewing 627 (same obv. die). Good VF, beautiful blue-gray toning, slight obverse die shift. ($3000)