342, Lot: 45. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Onkia (13mm, 1.37 g, 11h). Bull standing left; • (mark of value) in exergue / Horned head of Gelas right; barley grain to left. Jenkins,
Gela, Group VIII-IX, 514.2 = SNG Lloyd 998 corr. (no leaf on obv.; same obv. die); CNS 29 (same obv. die); HGC 2, 381. EF, dark green-brown patina, obverse off center. Exceptional for issue. Rare.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 90 (14 June 2000), lot 212.