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Tetradrachm of Leontini
Obverse: Head of Apollo, laureate, hair bound at nape of the neck, right; beaded border. Reverse: Roaring lion head, right; four objects (barley grains?) surrounding. Irregularities in the quality of the metal and the inscription make the authenticity of this coin uncertain.
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Sicily, Leontini (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Max diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.63 cm); axis: 1:00
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
59.517