Lot n° 27
Estimation :
1200 - 1500
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 1 650EUR
SICILY - GELA 480 - 475 - Lot 27
SICILY - GELA 480 - 475
Quadriga driven on the right by an charioteer wearing a long chiton. Niké flying above crowns the horses.
R/. Protome of androcephalous bull swimming right. Above, CEΛΛAΣ.
♦ Jenkins (Gela) 172 (O46/R101); SNG ANS 38; SNG Lockett 749
Silver tetradrachm (16.94 g)
Very fine.
In Gela, one of the most powerful cities of Sicily, during the reign of Hippocrates in 468 - 491, appears the tetradrachm bearing the image of the river-god Gelas in the guise of an androcephalic bull, commemorative of the victory won by Gelon over the Athenian hoplites.
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