Ancients
SICILY. Gela. Ca. 480-470 BC. AR tetradrachm (27mm, 17.28 gm, 12h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, on double exergual line; Nike flying right above, crowning horses with wreath / C-E-Λ-AΣ, forepart of man-faced bull (river god Gelas) swimming right, with long, pointed beard. Jenkins, Gela 104, 15. SNG ANS 22-25. Randazzo 19.
Ex Hess-Leu, Auction 15 (April 1960), lot 71.
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Estimate: 6000-8000 USD