Watch List notes:

SICILY, Gela. Circa 425-420 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.47 g, 5h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses; [in exergue, lizard left, about to catch fly] / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 471 (O91'/R180); HGC 2, 352; BMC 48 (same dies); Bement 379 (same dies); Jameson 583 (same dies). Attractively toned, typical compact flan, slightly off center on obverse, minor reverse die breaks. Good VF.


From the Weise Collection, purchased from David Vagi, 7 July 2003.