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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Leontini |
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| Year | 450 BC - 440 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing right, rendered in fine early Classical style with carefully engraved wavy hair secured by a wreath of bay leaves. The hair falls in thick, undulating locks behind the neck, with individual strands delineated with precision. The facial features are idealized yet naturalistic, with a well-defined eye, straight nose, and subtly parted lips characteristic of Sicilian celator artistry of the mid-fifth century BC. The portrait fills the flan nearly to the beaded border, conveying a monumental quality despite the coin's modest diameter. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Forepart of a lion facing left in the center of the field, its mane rendered with bold, radiating incised lines and its open jaws revealing bared teeth; a large barley grain lies beneath. Four olive leaves are arranged symmetrically around the lion's head in the field, referencing the city's agricultural prosperity. The ethnic inscription LEONTINON is distributed around the design in Greek letters, reading retrograde or divided between the surrounding field. The composition is enclosed within a beaded border, and the overall engraving displays the vigorous, high-relief style associated with the finest Sicilian mint production of the Early Classical period. |
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