SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon, son of Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AR 8 Litrai – Didrachm (23mm, 6.99 g, 1h). Diademed head left; to right, eagle standing left, head right / Nike driving slow quadriga right; A to lower right. CCO 273.2 (D1/R1 – this coin); BAR Issue 66; HGC 2, 1562; BMC 526 (same dies). Old collection tone, light marks and faint scratches. Good VF.
From the Lampasas Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 2006. Ex Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part I, Santamaria, 12 October 1949), lot 451.