SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras – Trionkion (18mm, 3.48 g, 12h). VF.

Electronic Auction 572
Lot: 96.
Closing Date: Oct 9 2024 10:00 ET

The John Morcom Collection of Western Greek Bronze Coins, Bronze

Estimate: $ 150

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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-405 BC. Æ Tetras – Trionkion (18mm, 3.48 g, 12h). Bull standing left, head lowered, as if to charge; four (sic) pellets (mark of value) in exergue / Head of the river-god Gelas right; barley grain behind neck. Cf. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 501; cf. CNS 9; cf. HGC 2, 379; cf. SNG Morcom 585 (all with three pellets in exergue on obverse). Dark green patina with earthen highlights, some roughness. Overstruck on a Syracuse tetras (cf. SNG ANS 415). VF. Unpublished with four pellets in exergue, likely an engraver’s error.

From the John Morcom Collection. Ex Vecchi 6 (9 June 1997), lot 199.


Closing Date and Time: 9 October 2024 at 10:31:40 ET.

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