Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2016 NYINC Auction 8-9 January 2016
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SICILY. Leontini (Lentini). AR Tetradrachm (17.21 gms), ca. 430-425 B.C. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5. Fine Style.
SNG ANS-257; BMC-2.90,39. Laureate head of Apollo left; Reverse: Lion's head left, mouth open with three barley corns and one laurel leaf around. Bright and exquisitely produced. Lovely metal quality, nicely struck with fine style dies, and choice lustrous surfaces. Wonderment ensues when you consider that this piece felt the hammer blow from the mint master nearly two and a half millennia ago. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5. Fine Style.
Estimate: $4500.00- $6000.00
SNG ANS-257; BMC-2.90,39. Laureate head of Apollo left; Reverse: Lion's head left, mouth open with three barley corns and one laurel leaf around. Bright and exquisitely produced. Lovely metal quality, nicely struck with fine style dies, and choice lustrous surfaces. Wonderment ensues when you consider that this piece felt the hammer blow from the mint master nearly two and a half millennia ago. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5. Fine Style.
Estimate: $4500.00- $6000.00