294, Lot: 33. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 8.38 g, 10h). Horseman riding right, preparing to cast javelin / Forepart of man-headed bull right within circular incuse. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 29 (O10/R13); SNG ANS 5. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Well centered and struck.

From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection. Ex Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part I, J. Hirsch XV, 28 May 1906), lot 993.