Leontini
Tetradrachm circa 430-425, AR 17.46 g. Laureate head of Apollo l. Rev. LEO – N – TI – NON Lions head l., with open jaws and protruding tongue; around, three barley grains and, behind, laurel leaf. Rizzo pl. XXIIII, 4 (these dies). SNG ANS 257 (these dies). Boehringer, Studies Price, pl.12, 55 (these dies).
Wonderful iridescent tone, minor die break on obverse,
otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Jean Elsen sale 98, 2008, 41. From a private European collection.