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Lot # 138
Sicily. Gela. AR Tetradrachm, c. 425-420 BC. Obv. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses; [in exergue, lizard left, about to catch fly]. Rev. ΓΕΛΑΣ. Forepart of man-headed bull swimming right. HGC 2 -; SNG ANS 93; Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 471 (O91’/R180); BMC 48 (same dies); Bement 379 (same dies); Jameson 583 (same dies). ΑR. 16.93 g. 25.50 mm. R. Metal flaw on obverse. Iridescent dark tone. VF/Good VF.