Triton XVI, Lot: 207. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 8.62 g, 1h). Nude warrior riding right, preparing to cast javelin held aloft in his right hand / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CE-Λ-A to right. Jenkins, Gela, group Ib, 8 (O5/R4); SNG ANS 6 var. (same obv. die, arrangement of ethnic); SNG Lloyd –; Dewing 592; Kraay & Hirmer 155 (same dies). EF, attractively toned, a couple minor die breaks, a few light marks under tone.

Ex Patrick H.C. Tan Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 97; Numismatica Ars Classica 48 (21 October 2008), lot 30.