Ancient Coinage of Leontini, Sicily


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Leontini or Leontinoi, modern Lentini, an inland town of eastern Sicily.

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BMC 39Leontini, Sicily. AR tetradrachm. 17.45 gr. 26.84 mm. Ca. 455-422 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / LE-ON-TI-NOY, Head of roaring lion left, laurel leaf behind, three barley grains around. BMC 39; SNG Munich 559; SNG ANS 240-241; Sear 838 var (Apollo right, lion right).TextImage
Calciati 7Leontini, Sicily. ca 357-354 BC. AE Hemidrachm. ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEΡIOΣ, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / ΛEONTINΩN, thunderbolt; eagle right. SNG ANS -.TextImage
Calciati 10Sicily, Leontinoi, AE14, 3.6 gr. 2nd-1st C. BC. Jugate heads of Apollo, laureate, and Artemis, wearing stephane, right; behind, plough right, border of dots / ΛEON-TI-NΩN, two ears of barley tied together, plain border. BMC 68; Calciati 10.TextImage
Calciati 17Sicily, Leontinoi, after 210 BC. AE13. Laureate head of Apollo left; border of dots / Two fish mullet right; monogram of the city name below; linear border. Calciati III, p. 84, 17; SNG Cop. 371.TextImage
Jameson 683Leontini, Sicily. ca 455-430 BC. AR Drachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / VE-ON, head of roaring lion right, three barley grains around. TextImage
Mionnet 318 Leontini, Sicily, AR Litra. Archaic head of Apollo right / Lion's head right within four barley grains. Mionnet 318. TextImage
Pozzi 480Leontini, Sicily, AR litra, (0.60g) c. 455-430 BC, [LEON] Head of roaring lion right. / Apollo standing left, holding phiale over altar in right hand and branch in left, barley grain to right. Pozzi 480; SNG Lockett 810. TextImage
SNG ANS 198Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 476-466 BC. Fast quadriga right, above Nike flying right to crown horses / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 1-2. TextImage
SNG ANS 206Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 476-468 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / ΛE-O-N-TI-NON, head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer 21, SNGCop 336. TextImage
SNG ANS 207Leontini, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 476-468 BC. Nude rider on horseback right / LEONTINON, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 13, SNG Lockett 793. TextImage
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SNG ANS 209Leontini, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 476–466 BC. Nude horseman cantering right / LEONTINO, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNG ANS 210Leontini, Sicily. Circa 476-468 BC. AR Didrachm. Rider on horseback right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer 12, Rosen 59. TextImage
SNG ANS 213Leontini, Sicily AR Litra. 500-466 BC. Lion's head facing / ΛE-ON above and below barley corn. SNG Cop 342, SNG ANS 213-216. TextImage
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Sear SG 823		Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm, ca 470-465 BC. Slow quadriga driven right by charioteer who is crowned by Nike flying left above, lion running right in exergue. / L EO N TIN O Laureate head of Apollo right, of superb late archaic style, three bay leaves around, lion running right below. BMC 14, SNG ANS 217, Gulbenkian 211, Randazzo 89, Dewing 623. TextImage
SNG ANS 221Sicily. Leontini. Shortly after 450 BC. Silver tetradrachm (17.62 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / LEO-NTI-NO-N, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Dewing 625 (same dies). Boehringer, Studies Price, pl. 11, 35 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 221 (same obverse die). Minor porosity around the eye of Apollo, otherwise good extremely fine TextImage
SNG ANS 222Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 455-430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 41. TextImage
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SNG ANS 224Leontini, Sicily. Circa 455-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer 41, Dewing 627. TextImage
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SNG ANS 229Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 455-430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNG ANS 230Leontini, Sicily, AR tetradrachm. ca 450 BC. 16.73 g. Laureate head of Apollo right / LEO-N-T-I-NO-N, Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. SNG Munich 551; SNG ANS 230.TextImage
SNG ANS 231Leontinoi. After 450 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNG ANS 233Leontinoi. c440’s-430’s BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion right in circle, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNG ANS 240Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 440-430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion left, laurel leaf behind, three barley grains around. TextImage
SNG ANS 241Leontini, Sicily. c455-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / LEONTI-NO-N, head of roaring lion left, three barley grains around, bay leaf with berry behind. TextImage
SNG ANS 244Leontini, Sicily. ca 455-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / L-EO-NT-I-NO-N, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 47. TextImage
SNG ANS 245Leontini, Sicily. Circa 455-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.01 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / LEONTINON, head of roaring lion right, surrounded by four barley grains. TextImage
SNG ANS 257Leontini, Sicily, AR tetradrachm, c. 425 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / LEO N TI NOY Head of roaring lion head left, three olive leaves and a bay leaf around. TextImage
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SNG ANS 264ffLeontini. c455-430 BC. AR Litra. Head of a roaring lion right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale over altar in right hand and branch in left; barley grain right. SNG Lockett 810. TextImage
SNG ANS 268Leontini, Sicily. Circa 455-430 BC. AR Litra (0.88 gm). LEON, head of a roaring lion right / Apollo standing left, holding phiale over altar in right hand and branch in left; barley grain right. TextImage
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Sear SG 1118		Leontini, Sicily AE Trias. ca 405-402 BC. ΛEON, laureate head of Apollo right, laurel leaf with berry behind / Tripod, lyre behind, barley grains to sides; three pellets in ex. SNG ANS 270; Calciati 3/27; BMC 56; SNG Cop 360.TextImage
SNG ANS 275Leontini, Sicily. ca 210-200 BC. AE 22mm. Facing bust of Demeter, in wreath of radiate leaves; plow left / ΛEONTINΩN, river god seated right, holding cornucopiae in left arm, branch in right hand; bird right. SNG ANS 275-276; BMC 62, Calciati 8. TextImage
SNG Cop 346Leontini, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 450-440 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair rolled behind / LE—O—N—TI—NON (first N retrograde), head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 45, Rizzo 8, SNG Lloyd 1056, SNG Ashmolean 1787. TextImage
SNG Cop 347Sicily, Leontinoi AR Tetradrachm. 466-425 BC. Head of Apollo right / head of lion right. TextImage
SNG Cop 349Leontini, Sicily, 466-422 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / LIONTINOY, lion head roaring left with barley grains around. TextImage
SNG Munich 546Leontini, Sicily, AR Litra, 9.5mm, 0.40 gr. ca 475-466 BC. Lion's head facing / ΛEON around barley grain. SNG ANS 213; SNG München 546.TextImage
Sear 832Leontini, Sicily, AR tetradrachm. 450-420 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / LEO-NTI-NO-N, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. BMC 28; Sear Greece 832.TextImage
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Leontinoi
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