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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 688. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Gela. Circa 480/75-475/0 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.61 g, 9h). Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath; palmette with tendrils in exergue / CELAS, forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela 357 (O69/R142); SNG ANS 66 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lloyd 969 (same dies); Gulbenkian 198 (same dies); Boston MFA 247 (same dies). VF, attractive light gray toning, overstruck on uncertain type. ($1000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.