CNG 100, Lot: 1266. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 465-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.77 g, 8h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand and reins in right, driving slow quadriga right; in background, column with Ionic capital set on plinth of two steps; in exergue, grain ear right / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CEΛAΣ above. Jenkins, Gela, Group III, 207 (O54/R111); HGC 2, 339; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 960 (same obv. die); Gillet 413 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 255 var. (same obv. die); McClean 975 (same rev. die); Rizzo pl. XVII, 13. EF, attractively toned, slight die wear.