SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.22 g, 7h). Good VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 11. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, Silver

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SICILY, Gela. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.22 g, 7h). Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses; palmette with long tendrils in exergue / Forepart of man-headed bull right. Jenkins, Gela, Group IV, 357 (O69/R142); HGC 2, 343; Boston MFA 247 = Warren 230 (same dies); Davis 32 (publ. 1969; this coin); de Luynes 954 (same dies); McClean 2255 (same dies). Toned. Good VF. Overstruck on an uncertain type.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Heritage 3021 (6 January 2013), lot 21470; Harlan J. Berk inventory; Norman Davis Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XI, 8 December 1982), lot 25; Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 575 (June 1966), no. A448.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 10:03:20 ET.



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