SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.26 g, 7h).Triton XXIV Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 13 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.26 g, 7h). Charioteer, holding kentron in left hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses with open wreath held in both hands / Forepart of man-headed bull right; retrograde ΓEΛAΣ above. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 472 (O91’/R183); HGC 2, 355; SNG ANS 92 (same dies); SNG Lockett 769 (same dies); BMC 47 (same dies); Pozzi 439 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XVIII, 1 (same dies). Deeply toned, struck from a worn obverse die. Good VF. Man-headed bull of exceptional style. |