Triton XVIII, Lot: 349. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.59 g, 1h). Warrior, nude but for helmet, riding right, preparing to cast javelin held aloft in his right hand / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CE-Λ-A to right and below. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 32 (O11/R13); HGC 2, 363; SNG ANS 13; SNG Lloyd –; Dewing –; Winterthur 634 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned, struck from worn reverse die. Rare die combination.