SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.46 g, 2h).Triton XXIII – Session One – Greek Coinage Part I Greek, 360 Photo, Silver Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.46 g, 2h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LE-O-N-TI-N-ON around; three barley grains above, to left, and below; leaf behind. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55 (same dies); HGC 2, 671 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1063 (same obv. die); Basel 353 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). Toned, only a hint of the typical die break on all obverses of this issue. Superb EF. |