Watch List notes:

SICILY. Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 17.00 g, 9 h). Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. LEON-TI-NON Head of a lion with open jaws to left; above, to left and below, three barley grains; to right, laurel leaf. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte, 55 (same dies). HGC 2, 671. Rizzo pl. XIV, 4 (same dies). SNG ANS 257 (same dies). The usual small die break in Apollo's hair and the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, privately acquired from Leu on 29 March 1995 (with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed).