SICILY, Leontini. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.00 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right; three barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 54 (same dies); HGC 2, 688 (same obv. die as illustration); SNG ANS 258 (same dies); Basel 352 = Kraay & Hirmer 25 (same dies); Gulbenkian 214 (same dies); Jameson 633 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 23 (same dies). Toned, traces of find patina. Near VF. Rare.
From the Jim Gilman Collection. Ex Astarte 11 (12 December 2002), lot 219.