GREEK. SICILY, Leontini. Circa 450-440 BC. Silver Tetradrachm (16.93g). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains and LEO-(N)-TI-NON around. Boehringer, Munzgeschichte 45 (same obverse die); SNG ANS 222-31; SNG Lloyd 1056 (same obverse die); Rizzo pl. XXIII, 1; Basel 349; Gulbenkian 217. Lightly toned. EF. This tetradrachm, struck during the height of Leontini's classical power, embodies the city's cultural pride and economic strength. In a period of artistic and political flourishing across Sicily, such coinage served not only as currency but as a bold statement of identity and independence amid rising regional rivalries. From the David Allen Collection; acquired from Triton XIV (4 Jan 2011), lot 27; previously ex Hirsch 261 (7 May 2009), lot 76. (P)

Estimate: AUD 7500