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Nomos 10

18 May 2015
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2250 CHF
Hammer Price:  2800 CHF
Lot 7

SICILY, Leontini. c. 430-425 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24mm, 17.06 g 3), by the ‘Maestro della foglia’. Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ Head of a lion with open jaws to left; around, three barley grains and, behind the head, a laurel leaf. Basel 353. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 55. Rizzo pl. XXIV, 4. SNG ANS 257. An attractive toned example. With the usual die fault behind the eye on the obverse and a minor scrape in the hair, otherwise, extremely fine.


From an American collection, ex Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008, 2009.

This coin was struck from a particularly elegant pair of dies that were engraved by an artist termed, after Rizzo, the “maestro della foglia” because of the leaf that appears as part of the design. He worked at Leontinoi and at Katane, and was exceptionally gifted.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2015, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 17 Apr 2024, 00:38:35 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2800 CHF

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