SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.40 g, 3h). EF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 50. Estimated: $ 5 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.40 g, 3h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LEO-N-T-I-[N]O-N and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 41 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 222–4 (same obv. die); Jameson 629 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 1 (same dies). Lightly toned. EF.

Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 253.


The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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