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Triton XVIII, Lot: 351. Estimate $500.
Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (18.5mm, 4.86 g, 7h). Bull standing left; olive leaf and ΓEΛAΣ above, ••• (mark of value) in exergue / Horned head of Gelas right; barley grain to left. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 513.1 = BMC 67 (same dies); CNS 32; HGC 2, 379; SNG ANS 115–7; SNG Lloyd –; Virzi 975. EF, dark green patina with traces of brown. Fine style, and exceptional for issue.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 90 (14 June 2000), lot 210.