375, Lot: 155. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras or Trionkion (16.5mm, 3.36 g, 5h). Bull standing right, head lowered; ••• (mark of value) in exergue / Head of young river god right; barley grain to left, olive spray to right. Jenkins,
Gela, Group VIII-IX, 519 (same dies as illustration); CNS 36; HGC 2, 380. VF, attractive matte green patina.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Triton VIII, 12 January 2005), lot 1843 (part of).