The Prospero Collection of Ancient Greek Coins. SICILY. Leontinoi (c.430-425 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.41g,. Head of Apollo facing to left, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. LEONTINON , lion’s head, with jaws open and tongue protruding, facing to left, a bay-leaf behind, three barley-corns around (Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (these dies); SNG ANS 257 (these dies); Boehringer, ‘Zur Münzgeschichte von Leontinoi in Klassischen Zeit’, in Studies to Price, 55 (these dies)). Without the usually encountered die-flaws, a very attractive example, some lustre, good extremely fine. Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 5 February 1985 US$ 8,000
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