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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 32

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 3750 USD
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.68 g, 2h). Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands; palmette with long tendrils in exergue / Forepart of man-headed bull right; [C]EΛAΣ above. Jenkins, Gela, Group IV, 346 (O66/R136); HGC 2, 343; SNG Lloyd 967–8 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 771 (same obv. die); BMC 36 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XVII, 19 (same dies). Deeply toned,hairline flan crack, minor pitting and roughness on reverse. Good VF.

Ex Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 52.
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