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GREEK COINS
SICILY
LEONTINOI

No.: 57
Estimate: $ 4400
d=25 mm

Tetradrachm, about 460-450 BC. AR 16.40 g. Slow quadriga r., horses crowned by Nike flying r.; driver, standing and wearing sleeveless, long chiton, holding reins with his l. hand, long kentron in his r. hand. Rev. LE-ON-TIN-O-N Head of lion r., mouth wide open, framed by four grains of barley. Rizzo pl. XXII, 21 (for obv., this die), 22 (for rev., very close die). Chr. Boehringer, Zur Münzgeschichte von Leontinoi in klassischer Zeit, Studies Price 52, 21 and pl. 11, 21. Rare issue. Short flan.
Obv. Very fine. Rev. Good very fine