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Auction 16  10 May 2018
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Lot 38

Estimate: 4500 CHF
Price realized: 4800 CHF
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Sicily. Leontinoi. Circa 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.50 g, 9 h), with a reverse die signed by the "Maestro della foglia". Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. ΛΕΟΝ-ΤΙ-ΝΟΝ Head of a lion with open jaws to left; around, three barley grains and, behind the head, a laurel leaf. Basel 353. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55. Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4. SNG ANS 257. A very attractive example, splendidly toned and beautifully struck on a broad flan. Some very minor die breaks, otherwise, virtually as struck.
From the Cinquantenaire Collection, Switzerland, ex Leu List 20, 1985, 3.
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