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SICILY - LEONTINI 500-466 Quadriga of horses...

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SICILY - LEONTINI 500-466 Quadriga of horses driven by an charioteer. Above, Niké crowns the charioteer. In exergue, lion running to right. R/. Louvered head of Apollo to right, hair raised. Around the rim, three laurel leaves and below, a lion running right. Rizzo 22, 15; Boehringer (Leontini) 28; SNG Lloyd 1045; SNG ANS 218; Jenkins 233; Gulbenkian 210; Dewing 622. Silver tetradrachm 470 B.C. (16.68 g) Extremely rare. Missing from most collections. Well centered on obverse and reverse. T.B.