364. SICILY, Leontini. Circa 430-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.34 g, 6h). Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; 6E-o-n-t5-n-on around; three barley grains above, to left, and below; leaf behind. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55 (same dies); HGC 2, 671 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1063 (same obv. die); Basel 353 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, minor die break on obverse (characteristic for this die). Early die state for obverse. ($7500) From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Purchased from Leu, January 1998.
365. SICILY, Leontini. Circa 405-402 BC. Æ Tetras – Trionkion (13.5mm, 2.02 g, 2h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; olive leaf and berry to left, ¬Eo˜ to right / Tripod; kithara within legs, barley grains flanking, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Boehringer, Frühen, Series B; Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 71; CNS 3; HGC 2, 709; SNG ANS 270; SNG Lloyd 1070; Puglisi 165; Virzi 1068–70. EF, dark green-brown patina. ($500) From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 99.
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