GELA SILVER TETRADRACHM – CHARIOT AND COLUMN / MAN-HEADED BULL ISSUE EX NAC 2005 SALE – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (Inv. 19912)

$3,250.00

19912. SICILY. GELA. Ca. 465–450 BC.
Silver tetradrachm, 17.01 g, 22 mm.
Obv. Charioteer driving quadriga right, Ionic column in background, grain stalk right in exergue. Rev. CEΛAΣ, protome of man–headed bull right.
Jenkins, The Coinage of Gela, 209 (O55/R112), a rare die pairing with Jenkins listing only two specimens, one in London, the other in a private collection in Palermo; HGC 2, 339.
Ex Gerald F. Borrmann Collection, acquired from Nilus Coins in May 2011, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P, 5/12/2005, lot 1374.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, struck on a medallic planchet, edge splits, light gray tone.