375, Lot: 144. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 465-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.36 g, 1h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; in background, column with Ionic capital set on plinth of two steps; grain ear in exergue / Forepart of man-headed bull right in shallow incuse circle. Jenkins,
Gela, Group III, 211 (O56/R112); HGC 2, 339. VF, toned, struck with worn reverse die.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 85 (17 March 2004), lot 4.