CNG 85, Lot: 183. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Trias (17mm, 3.54 g, 7h). Bull standing right, head lowered; ••• (mark of value) in exergue / Head of young river god right, hair flowing; barley grain behind. Jenkins,
Gela 506 and 520; CNS 17; SNG ANS -. Near EF, hard dark green patina, tiny spot of encrustation before bull. Artistic dies.
The descriptions of Jenkins 506 and 520 are identical.