Lightly toned over full proof lustre
date beLow
otherwise extremely fine and very rare
Sear Imperators 45)
older veiled crowned bust left of Queen
Sicily, Leontinoi, silver Tetradrachm, ex Prospero Lightly toned over full proofSicily, Leontinoi (c. 430 425 B. C.), Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Apollo facing left, wearing a laurel wreath, rev. LEONTINON, lion's head, with jaws open and tongue protruding, facing left, a bay leaf behind, three barley corns around, 17. 41g., 8h (Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (these dies); SNG ANS 257 (these dies); Boehringer, 'Zur Mnzgeschichte von Leontinoi in Klassischen Zeit', in Studies to Price, 55 (these dies)). Excellent metal, a very attractive