SICILY, Gela. Circa 420-415 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.05 g, 7h). Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; [in exergue, bird standing left, head lowered] / Forepart of man-headed bull right within shallow incuse circle. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII, 476 (O92/R186); HGC 2, 356; SNG ANS 95 (same dies). Toned, typical compact flan and obverse die wear, some roughness and light cleaning marks. VF.
From the JTB Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 107 (16 March 2023), lot 92; Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 294, 16 January 2013), lot 37, purchased from Thieme, Dresden.
C.G. Thieme, from whom Robert or Julius purchased this coin, issued lists in late19th-early 20th centuries, and managed auctions of the Numismatic Association of Dresden.
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