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Buy or Bid Sale 209  3 Dec 2019
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Lot 59

Starting price: 390 USD
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Sicily, Leontini. Alexandria Diobol; Sicily, Leontini; c. 475-455 BC, Diobol, 1.24g. Cf. Boehringer, Leontinoi-pl. 10-11, 16 and 44. Obv: Forepart of roaring lion l. with protruding tongue. Rx: [?E - ON] Barley grain. Apparently a new fractional denomination for Leontini (if our attribution is correct), and unrecorded with lion forepart facing left not right, though the left-facing type does appear on later fractions from Leontini, Boehringer pl. 12, 58-59.. F

Estimate: $600
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