SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.37 g, 3h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; LEO-NTI-NO-N and four barley grains around. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 35 (same obv. die as illustration); HGC 2, 667; SNG ANS 220 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1053–4; Basel 349; Rizzo pl. XXIII, 2 (same obv. die). Lightly toned. EF. Well centered and struck from fresh dies of fine style. Exceptional for issue.

From the Ancient Miniature Art Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 129 (8 March 2004), lot 41.