Biblical & Jewish Coins
Lot 1732 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Biblical & Jewish Coins
Estimate $1,200
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SOLD $900
SICILY, Leontini, (c.425 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.376 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, dotted border, rev. head of lion to right, around three barley grains and a large lyre (kithara) below, around **LEONTINON, (cf.S.833, SNG ANS 243 [Pl.9, Same Dies], Boehringer [Essays Price] No.56 [Pl.12 Same Dies]). Nearly very fine and a very rare type coming from only these dies.
Ex recent coin hoard.
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