Lot 3373

Sale 101 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Sicily, Leontinoi, silver didrachm, (475-466 B.C.), (8.02 g), obv. naked rider, on horse walking right on ground line, dotted border, rev. lion's head to right, surounded by four barleycorns, around legend anti-clockwise, *L*EON T INON, (S.826, SNG Ash 1777 (same obverse die), SNG Cop. 338-339 (same obverse die), SNG ANS 207 (Pl.8, same dies), Boehringer "Leontinoi" (Essays to M.Price) No.13 (same obverse die, Pl.10), SNG Munich 543-544 (Pl.15, same obverse die). Bright, minor cleaning marks, otherwise good very fine and rare.

Estimate
$1,000
Result Status
Passed in

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