The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins

Greek Coinages, Leontini: Didrachm, struck under the tyrant Hieron of Syracuse, c. 476–466

Obverse: nude rider on horse bounding right

Reverse: λεοντινο: lion’s head right, with protruding tongue, four barley-grains around

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 8.73g/1h

References: Boehringer 13; Rizzo pl. XXII, 11; Ashmolean 1777

Condition: Extremely fine and beautifully toned; a few trifling marks £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins.

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Ars Classica Auction XVII, Lucerne, 3 October 1934, lot 163
SNC January, 1941 (5608)
Bt Spink, November 1944