SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (20.5mm, 8.65 g, 10h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 60. Estimated: $ 7 500

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Sold For $ 18 000. 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, 8.65 g, 10h). Warrior, nude but for helmet, riding right, preparing to cast javelin held aloft in his right hand / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CE-ΛA to right and below. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 28 (O9/R11); HGC 2, 363; SNG ANS 5; SNG Ashmolean 1720 (same dies); Boston MFA 241 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 156 (same dies); Kampmann p. 12, middle (this coin). Toned, traces of undertype, slight find patina. EF.

Ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 348 (hammer $10,000); Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 47.


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