Watch List notes:

SICILY. Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 17.22 g, 11 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. SNG ANS 257 (same dies). Beautifully toned. Some scratches and some delamination on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.


From an Swiss collection, privately acquired from Leu on 28 October 2008 (with original ticket).