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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.13 g, 11h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga left; [above, Nike flying left, crowning horses]; [in exergue, lizard left, about to catch fly] / Forepart of man-headed bull left within incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 470 (O91/R182); HGC 2, 355; SNG Lockett 768 = Bement 380 (same dies); BMC 49 (same dies). Iridescent tone, struck with worn obverse die. VF.
Ex Freeman & Sear 10 (11 February 2004), lot 44.
Situated on the Gela river on the southern coast of Sicily, Gela was founded in 688 BC by Cretans and Rhodians. Although the city had a Creto-Rhodian foundation, the name of the river is of local Sikanian origin, meaning very cold, as the water runs from the Heraei mountains to the north.
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