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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 430-425 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Laureate head of Apollo left / LEON-TI-NON, lion's head left, with open jaws and tongue protruding, bay-leaf behind, three barley-corns around. Boehringer, Leontinoi 55 (same dies). Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). SNG ANS 257 (same dies). Obverse die break in hair, minor roughness in fields. Struck in sound metal from dies of lovely style.
Estimate: 3500-4000 USD
SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 430-425 BC. AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Laureate head of Apollo left / LEON-TI-NON, lion's head left, with open jaws and tongue protruding, bay-leaf behind, three barley-corns around. Boehringer, Leontinoi 55 (same dies). Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). SNG ANS 257 (same dies). Obverse die break in hair, minor roughness in fields. Struck in sound metal from dies of lovely style.
Estimate: 3500-4000 USD