Watch List notes:

SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 8.86 g, 4h). Nude warrior riding right, preparing to cast javelin held aloft in his right hand / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CE-Λ-A to right and below. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 8 (O5/R4); HGC 2, 362; SNG ANS 6 var. (arrangement of ethnic, same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 155 (same dies). Attractive light iridescent tone, slightly off center on obverse. Superb EF. Fine style.


From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Manhattan Sale I (5 January 2010), lot 19 (realized $9000).