Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 249. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 425-420 BC. AR Didrachm (8.28 gm). Warrior on horse galloping right, spearing fallen hoplite / Head of the river god Gelas left, with a small bull's horn, within olive wreath. Jenkins, Gela 463 (O88/R176); SNG ANS 87 (same dies). Near VF, recently cleaned. Rare. ($750)
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica H (30 April 1998), lot 1154.