374, Lot: 51. Estimate $250. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 480/75-475/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.68 g, 6h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Forepart of man-headed bull right within shallow incuse circle. Jenkins,
Gela, Group IIb, 130 (O38/R73); HGC 2, 338. Fine, toned, flan flaws and marks, obverse off center.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (22 May 1975), lot 24.