SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.67 g, 6h).Keystone Auction 4 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 2 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.67 g, 6h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; palmette with tendrils in exergue / Forepart of man-headed bull in kneeling-running stance left. Jenkins, Gela, Group IV, 353.4 (O68/R139; this coin); cf. HGC 2, 343 (bull forepart right). Old collection tone. In NGC encapsulation 5873733-101, graded Fine, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5, scratches. Evidently extremely rare with man-bull to left. |