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Ancient Coinage of Sicily, Leontini


[SNG ANS 257]

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

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Calciati 7SICILY, Leontini. ca 357-354 BC. AE Hemidrachm. IEUS ELEUQERIOS, laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right / LEONTINWN, 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 / LEON-TI-NWN, 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_683Sicily, Leontini. 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
SNGANS 198Sicily, Leontini 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
SNGANS 206Sicily, Leontini AR Tetradrachm. ca 476-468 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / LE-O-N-TI-NON, head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer 21, SNGCop 336. TextImage
SNGANS 207Sicily, Leontini AR Didrachm. ca 476-468 BC. Nude rider on horseback right / VEONTINON, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. Boehringer 13, SNG Lockett 793. TextImage
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SNGANS 209Sicily, Leontini AR Didrachm. ca 476–466 BC. Nude horseman cantering right / LEONTINO, head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNGANS 210Sicily, Leontini. Circa 476-468 BC. AR Didrachm. Rider on horseback right / Head of roaring lion right; four barley grains around. Boehringer 12, Rosen 59. TextImage
SNGANS 213Sicily, Leontini AR Litra. 500-466 BC. Lion's head facing / LE-ON above and below barley corn. SNG Cop 342, SNG ANS 213-216. TextImage
SNGANS 217
Sear #823		Sicily, Leontini 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, Randazo 89, Dewing 623. TextObvRev
SNGANS 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
SNGANS 222Sicily, Leontini 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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SNGANS 224Sicily, Leontini. 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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SNGANS 229Sicily, Leontini AR Tetradrachm. ca 455-430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right in fine Mannerist style / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNGANS 231Leontinoi. After 450 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo right / Head of roaring lion right, four barley grains around. TextImage
SNGANS 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
SNGANS 240Sicily, Leontini AR Tetradrachm. ca 440-430 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left / Head of roaring lion left, laurel leaf behind, three barley grains around. TextImage
SNGANS 241Sicily, Leontini. 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
SNGANS 244Sicily, Leontini. 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
SNGANS 245Sicily, Leontini. 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
SNGANS 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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SNGANS 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
SNGANS 268Sicily, Leontini. 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
SNGANS 270
Sear #1118		Sicily, Leontini Æ Trias. ca 405-402 BC. LEON, 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
SNGANS 275SICILY, Leontini. ca 210-200 BC. Æ 22mm. Facing bust of Demeter, in wreath of radiate leaves; plow left / LEONTINWN, river god seated right, holding cornucopiae in left arm, branch in right hand; bird right. SNG ANS 275-276; BMC 62, Calciati 8. TextImage
SNGCop 346Sicily, Leontini 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
SNGCop 347Sicily, Leontinoi AR Tetradrachm. 466-425 BC. Head of Apollo right / head of lion right. TextImage
SNGCop 349Sicily, Leontini, 466-422 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Laureate head of Apollo left / LIONTINOY, lion head roaring left with barley grains around. TextImage
Sear #823Sicily, Leontini 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, Randazo 89, Dewing 623.
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Sear #1118Sicily, Leontini Æ Trias. ca 405-402 BC. LEON, 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.
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See also: Perseus Project database, coins of Leontinoi
See also: Magna Graecia Coins of Leontinoi
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Entry for Sicily, Leontini on the Digital Historia Numorum
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