GREEK COINS
Sicily
Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26mm, 17.35 g). Charioteer, holding reins and kentron, driving slow quadriga to left; above, Nike flying left to crown the horses. Rev. ΓEΛAΣ (retrograde) Forepart of man-headed bull to right. Jenkins 472. SNG ANS 92 (same dies). A gently toned example of wonderful classical style. The obverse struck from the usual worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.
Ex Triton III, 30 November 1999, 176.