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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 347

Estimate: 15 000 USD
Price realized: 9950 USD
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 490/85-480/75 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 8.63 g, 4h). 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 to right and below. Jenkins, Gela, Group Ib, 28 (O9/R11); HGC 2, 363; SNG ANS 5; SNG Ashmolean 1720 (same dies); SNG Lloyd –; Boston MFA 241 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 156 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, traces of undertype, light mark under tone on obverse, a couple spots of encrustation on reverse. Struck from fresh dies.


From the Apollo to Apollo Project. Ex UBS 63 (6 September 2005), lot 50.
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