GELA. Tetradrachm circa 425-420 BC. 17.32 g. Nike driving quadriga moving slowly to the left, holding the reins with both hands; above, laurel wreath // Forepart of the river-god Gelas, in the form of a man-headed bull, to right; below, heron standing right. HGC 2, 352; Jenkins, Gela, Group VII, 459/3 (this specimen on plate 26).
Very fine - extremely fine with charming toning
Provenance: J. Desneux Collection, Auction Leo Hamburger 98, Francfort (Germany), 3 April 1933, lot n°210; Auction Adolph Hess AG & Bank Leu AG 49, Lucerne (Switzerland), 27 March 1971, lot n°42; Auction Bank Leu AG 42, Zurich (Switzerland), 12 May 1987, lot n°82.
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