CNG 94, Lot: 79. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 480/75-475/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 17.25 g, 6h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand and reins in right, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Forepart of bearded man-headed bull (river god) right; CEΛAΣ above. Jenkins,
Gela 181 (O48/R104); HGC 2, 338; SNG ANS 39; SNG Copenhagen 253 (same obv. die); SNG München 276 (same dies). Near EF, toned, minor edge split.
Ex Tkalec (17 May 2010), lot 6.