294, Lot: 34. Estimate $750. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 480/75-475/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.81 g, 9h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Forepart of man-headed bull right within shallow incuse circle. Jenkins,
Gela, Group IId, 160 (O44/R96); SNG ANS 35 (same obv. die); SNG Fitzwilliam 979 (same dies); BMC 6 (same dies). Good Fine, toned, small die break on reverse.
From the Robert and Julius Diez Collection.