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CICF Signature Sale 3040 9-10 April 2015
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SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 440-430 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.19 gm, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo left, hair rolled under laurel wreath / ΛEON-TIN-ON (partly retrograde), head of roaring lion right; three barley grains and olive leaf around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 53 (same obverse die). HGC 2, 670 (same obverse die as illustration). Struck from an obverse die of high classical style. NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Ex Spink America (New York, 3 May 1995), lot 53.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 440-430 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.19 gm, 11h). Laureate head of Apollo left, hair rolled under laurel wreath / ΛEON-TIN-ON (partly retrograde), head of roaring lion right; three barley grains and olive leaf around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 53 (same obverse die). HGC 2, 670 (same obverse die as illustration). Struck from an obverse die of high classical style. NGC XF 4/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Ex Spink America (New York, 3 May 1995), lot 53.
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD