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Nomos 5

25 October 2011
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 10000 CHF
Hammer Price:  12000 CHF
Lot 116

SICILY, Leontinoi. Circa 476-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.99 g 7). Bearded charioteer driving quadriga galloping to right; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ (retrograde and partially upside down) Lion’s head with open jaws to right; around, four grains of barley. Boehringer, Leontinoi 2. Pozzi 462 (this coin). SNG Copenhagen 335 (same dies). Beautifully toned, of fine style and very well preserved. Extremely fine.


From the Golden Horn Collection, Stack’s 12 January 2009, 2102 and the collection of S. Pozzi, Naville 1, 21 April 1921, 462.

A superb piece from the earliest issue of tetradrachms at Leontinoi. The obverse was copied from those used on the contemporary coins of Syracuse.

Online bidding closes: 25 Oct 2011, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Jul 2025, 05:33:47 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:12000 CHF
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