SICILY, Gela. Circa 208-200 BC. Æ Hemilitron (20mm, 6.83 g, 6h).

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Lot: 63. Estimated: $ 750

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SICILY, Gela. Circa 208-200 BC. Æ Hemilitron (20mm, 6.83 g, 6h). Head of Gelas right, wearing wreath of reeds / Antiphemos, nude but for helmet and cloak, standing right, holding sword in right hand, about to sacrifice ram leaping right below; ΓEΛΩIΩN and H to left. Jenkins, Gela, Group XIVa, 555; CNS 64; BAR Issue 1; HGC 2, 385. Dark green patina, some smoothing. Good VF. Artistic reverse. Very rare with ethnic on left, only one example noted by CNS (in Berlin; illustrated in CNS), one in CoinArchives.

From the Pythagoras Collection, purchased from Herb Kreindler. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 73 (17 October 1988), lot 3 (hammer 1500 CHF).


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