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NYINC Signature Sale 3051 8-9 January 2017
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SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 430-425 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.02 gm, 9h). NGC Choice MS 4/5 - 5/5, 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. Cleanly struck in sound metal on a round flan from dies of lovely style.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD
SICILY. Leontini. Ca. 430-425 BC. AR tetradrachm (26mm, 17.02 gm, 9h). NGC Choice MS 4/5 - 5/5, 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. Cleanly struck in sound metal on a round flan from dies of lovely style.
Estimate: 6000-8000 USD