CNG 109, Lot: 56. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 8.60 g, 1h). Horseman riding right, preparing to cast javelin / Forepart of man-headed bull right within circular incuse. Jenkins,
Gela, Group Id, 81 (O25/R40); HGC 2, 363; BMC 955 (same dies); Winterthur 639 = Pozzi 434 (same dies). Near EF, old cabinet tone, off center on obverse, die break on reverse.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 1364; Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 99.