Watch List notes:

SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.64 g, 8h). Warrior, nude but for helmet, riding right, preparing to cast javelin held aloft in his right hand / Forepart of man-headed bull right; CE-ΛA (partially retrograde) around; all within shallow circular incuse. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 28 (O9/R11); HGC 2, 363; Andersen, Apollo to Apollo, figs. 15.4 and 31.1 (this coin); Boston MFA 241 = Warren 227 (same dies); Hunterian 10 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 156 (same dies). Attractively toned, with underlying luster. Superb EF. Exceptional state of preservation for the issue, and of fine style.


From the Ancient Miniature Art Collection. Ex UBS 63 (6 September 2005), lot 50.