| SINCONA AG > Auction 89 | Auction date: 13 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: THE GARRULUS COLLECTION. SICILY. Leontinoi. Tetradrachm 450/440 BC. (17.24 g, 7 h) Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rv. L-EO-NTIN-O-N Head of roaring lion to left; around, four barley grains. Rizzo Tf. 23,19 (same dies). SNG ANS 236 (same dies). Prägung auf breitem Schrötling / Struck on broad flan. Vorzüglich / Extremely fine. (~€ 2'605/USD 2'840) Halfway between Katane and Syracuse, on a hill south of Symaithos, Naxos founded Leontinoi around 729 BC, after the Sikelian residents had been expelled. As in Katane, the other Naxian colony, Apollo, whose Delphic oracle had led the settlers here, was the main god. At the beginning of the 5th century BC, Hippocrates of Gela conquered the city and installed Ainesidemos as tyrant. From then on, the fate of the city depended on the stronger poleis in the neighbourhood. Hieron settled the exiled Naxians and Catanaeans here. After the fall of the tyrants in 466 BC, Leontinoi turned back to the Ionian tribesmen; it concluded a treaty of friendship with Athens in 433 BC, which led to several Athenian interventions. Gorgias of Leontinoi, the famous sophist, led an envoy to Athens. In 422 BC, Syracuse occupied the city and partially destroyed it. Leontinoi has never recovered since. Today, Lentini is the centre of Sicilian orange production. Coinage was initially influenced by Syracuse and Gela in the first quarter of the 5th century BC. Rich silver issues testify to the importance of the city; the Apollo heads (from around 450 BC) compete with those of the neighbouring city of Katane, but were cut by other die cutters. From auction UBS 45, Zurich, September 1998, lot 126. • Dieses Los unterliegt bei Auslieferung in der Schweiz der Margenbesteuerung gemäss MWSTG 24a (23% Aufgeld inkl. gesetzlicher Mehrwertsteuer) • When delivered in Switzerland, this lot is subject to the margin taxation scheme in accordance with article 24a of the Federal Act on Value Added Tax (23% buyer's premium incl. statutory VAT). Starting price: 2500 CHF |  |
