372, Lot: 11. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.53 g, 6h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath; [palmette in exergue] / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins,
Gela, Group IV, 346 (O66/R136); HGC 2, 345. Fine, toned, a few scratches.
From the Byron Schieber Collection.