SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.04 g, 5h). NGC XF★, 5/5, 5/5, Fine Style.

Triton XXVIII
Lot: 67.
Closing Date: Jan 15 2025 11:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 4 000

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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.04 g, 5h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LEO-N-T-I-NO-N and four barley grains around. Maltese Period III, 105 (D27/R81); Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 46 (same dies); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 245 (same dies); SNG Lockett 798 (same dies); Gulbenkian 218 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 7 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6290602-009, graded XF★, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5, Fine Style.

Ex Mark & Lottie Salton Collection (Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 14 January 2022), lot 4119.


The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.

Triton XXVIII – Session One – Lot 1–287 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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