The Robert P Ball Cabinet of Ancient Coins | Sicily, Gela, temp. Gelon, AR Didrachm, c. 490/85-480/75 BC, nude horseman galloping right, brandishing a spear overhead in his right hand, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right with long beard, CE-LA before, all within shallow incuse circle, 5h (Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 20 (O7/R8); HGC 2, 363; SNG ANS 5 same dies before re-engraving; SNG Lloyd 956), slight die bleeding on obverse, nevertheless pleasingly lustrous and attractively toned, a really good very fine.
Provenance
Bank Leu, by private treaty, 1972 - CHF1,500
Estimate: $1000 - $1500