TYPE Ancient Greece, Leontini (Sicily), ca. 430-422 BC, bronze trias (AE14)
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Head of Apollo l., laurel leaf with berry before, Greek legend LEON
Rev: Tripod-lebes, lyre behind central leg, between barley grains to sides
REFERENCE: BMC 58, LE 470 var. (hd. r.)
GRADING: AVF / VF, olive green patina w/ slight encrustation and pitting
ORDER INFO: G2608, $85
Rare variant (left facing Apollo) of a generally scarce type - the first bronze coinage of Leontini, one of the earliest issues of bronze coinage altogether.