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Gela, Sicily

Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded by colonists from Rhodos and Crete around 688 B.C. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a "Sicily for the Sicilians" platform and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island. The city had a history of internal strife between its plebs and aristocrats. When the Carthaginians arrived in 311 B.C., they easily captured the Gela with the help of its elites. In 282 B.C., Phintias of Agrigento ruthlessly destroyed Gela to crush its power forever. In Roman times it was only a small settlement.

Gela, Sicily, c. 430 - 425 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |430| |-| |425| |B.C.||litra|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
GS37273. Silver litra, Jenkins Gela, group VI, 401 - 453; SNG Cop 275; BMC Sicily p. 71, 52; HGC 2 374 (R1), nice VF, weight 0.574 g, maximum diameter 12.6 mm, die axis 0o, Gela mint, c. 430 - 425 B.C.; obverse bearded cavalryman charging left on horseback, helmeted, armed with shield and couched spear; reverse CEΛAΣ, forepart of a man headed bull swimming right; rare; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, 420 - 405 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |420| |-| |405| |B.C.||tetras|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded by colonists from Rhodos and Crete around 688 B.C. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a "Sicily for the Sicilians" platform and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island. The city had a history of internal strife between its plebs and aristocrats. When the Carthaginians arrived in 311 BC, they easily captured the Gela with the help of its elites. In 282 B.C., Phintias of Agrigento ruthlessly destroyed Gela to crush its power forever. In Roman times it was only a small settlement.
SH76948. Bronze tetras, Calciati III p. 17, 32/1; Jenkins Gela 516; SNG ANS 115; SNG Cop 283; SNG Munchen 314; BMC Sicily, p. 73, 66; HGC 2 379 (S), gVF, nice green patina, well centered on a broad flan, light marks and corrosion, weight 3.408 g, maximum diameter 17.5 mm, die axis 90o, Gela mint, 420 - 405 B.C.; obverse bull standing left, head lowered and turned slightly facing, barley kernel over ΓΕΛAΣ above, three pellets in exergue; reverse horned head of beardless young river-god Gela right, no diadem, floating hair, barley kernel behind; scarce; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 465 - 450 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |465| |-| |450| |B.C.||litra|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
GS86598. Silver litra, Jenkins Gela 290, 1 (= Weber 1320, same dies); SNG Mün 282 var. (leg. above); HGC 2 373 (S); SNG ANS -; SNG Cop -; BMC Sicily -, Choice EF, well centered and struck, attractive style, toned, bumps, slight porosity, weight 0.683 g, maximum diameter 11.2 mm, die axis 180o, Gela mint, c. 465 - 450 B.C.; obverse bridled horse right, laurel wreath above left, dotted exergue line, bridle hanging down from mouth to right in shape of a crescent, dot border; reverse forepart of man-faced bull (river god) swimming right, wreath around bull's body before forelegs, dotted truncation, C-EΛA (C behind, EΛA above), no border, all within shallow round incuse; a beautiful little gem seen in-hand at actual size, rare with wreath on bull; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 430 - 425 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |430| |-| |425| |B.C.||litra|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
SH58671. Silver litra, Jenkins Gela, group VI, 401 - 453; SNG Cop 275; BMC Sicily p. 71, 52; HGC 2 374 (R1), aVF, toned, weight 0.476 g, maximum diameter 12.7 mm, die axis 270o, Gela mint, 430 - 425 B.C.; obverse bearded cavalryman charging left on horseback, helmeted, armed with shield and couched spear; reverse CEΛAΣ, forepart of a man headed bull swimming right; rare; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, 420 - 405 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |420| |-| |405| |B.C.||tetras|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded by colonists from Rhodos and Crete around 688 B.C. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a "Sicily for the Sicilians" platform and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island. The city had a history of internal strife between its plebs and aristocrats. When the Carthaginians arrived in 311 BC, they easily captured the Gela with the help of its elites. In 282 B.C., Phintias of Agrigento ruthlessly destroyed Gela to crush its power forever. In Roman times it was only a small settlement.
GB69185. Bronze tetras, Calciati III p. 9, 9; SNG Cop 283 (same dies); Jenkins Gela 499; SNG ANS 107; SNG Munchen 314; SNG Morcom 587; BMC Sicily, p. 73, 66; HGC 2 379 (S), VF, superb style, green patina, weight 3.806 g, maximum diameter 18.4 mm, die axis 90o, Gela mint, 420 - 405 B.C.; obverse bull standing left, head lowered and turned slightly facing, ΓΕΛAΣ above, three pellets in exergue; reverse horned head of beardless young river-god Gela right, no diadem, floating hair, barley grain behind; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, 420 - 405 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |420| |-| |405| |B.C.||tetras|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded by colonists from Rhodos and Crete around 688 B.C. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a "Sicily for the Sicilians" platform and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island. The city had a history of internal strife between its plebs and aristocrats. When the Carthaginians arrived in 311 BC, they easily captured the Gela with the help of its elites. In 282 B.C., Phintias of Agrigento ruthlessly destroyed Gela to crush its power forever. In Roman times it was only a small settlement.
GI93443. Bronze tetras, cf. Jenkins Gela 506; Calciati III p. 13, 17; SNG ANS 112; SNG Cop 285; SNG Munchen 314; BMC Sicily, p. 73, 63; HGC 2 380 (S), Nice aVF, attractive style, well centered, brown patina, weight 3.767 g, maximum diameter 17.0 mm, die axis 270o, Gela mint, 420 - 405 B.C.; obverse bull standing right, head lowered, ΓEΛAΣ above, three pellets in exergue, barley grain(?) above; reverse horned head of beardless young river-god Gela right, no diadem, floating hair, barley kernel behind; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 420 - 405 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |420| |-| |405| |B.C.||tetras|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
GB63868. Bronze tetras, Jenkins Gela 527; Calciati III p. 20, 46, SNG ANS 120 ff., VF, fine classical style, weight 2.829 g, maximum diameter 16.2 mm, die axis 180o, Gela mint, c. 420 - 405 B.C.; obverse bull walking right, head level and turned almost facing, olive spray above, three pellets in exergue; reverse ΓEΛAΣ, head of young river god right, long wavy smooth hair in thick strands, grain of barley behind; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 465 - 450 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |465| |-| |450| |B.C.||litra|
Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
GS86587. Silver litra, Jenkins Gela 335, 1 (= SNG Mün 291); HGC 2 373 (S); SNG ANS 54 ff. var.; SNG Cop 272 ff. var.; BMC Sicily p. 68, 28 ff. var. (var. all leg. arrang.), Choice aEF, well centered, light rose toning, bumps and scratches, porosity/corrosion, weight 0.737 g, maximum diameter 12.2 mm, die axis 45o, Gela mint, c. 465 - 450 B.C.; obverse bridled horse right, laurel wreath above left, dotted exergue line, bridle hanging down from mouth to right in shape of a crescent, dot border; reverse forepart of man-faced bull (river god) swimming right, dotted truncation, CE-ΛA (CE above, ΛA downward on right), no border, all within shallow round incuse; a beautiful little gem seen in-hand at actual size; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 339 - 310 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |339| |-| |310| |B.C.||tetras|
Demeter in Greek mythology is the goddess of grain and fertility, the pure; nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death; and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, dated to about the seventh century B.C. she is invoked as the "bringer of seasons," a subtle sign that she was worshiped long before she was made one of the Olympians. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon.
SH71027. Bronze tetras, Jenkins Gela, group XII, 549; Calciati III p. 29, 59; BMC Sicily p. 74, 77; SNG Cop 287; SNG Munchen 324; SNG ANS 123; HGC 2 388 (R1), VF, well centered, green patina, corrosion, weight 2.921 g, maximum diameter 14.5 mm, die axis 135o, Gela mint, c. 339 - 310 B.C.; obverse ΓEΛΩI-ΩN (beginning upward on left), head of Demeter facing slightly right, wreathed with barley, wearing earrings and necklace; reverse bearded head of river-god Gela left, short horn over forehead, bull's ear, wreathed with barley (or reeds?); rare; SOLD


Gela, Sicily, c. 339 - 310 B.C.

|Gela|, |Gela,| |Sicily,| |c.| |339| |-| |310| |B.C.||AE| |16|
Gela was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos and Crete. The city had a history of internal strife between its plebs and aristocrats. When the Carthaginians arrived in 311 BC, they easily captured the Gela with the help of its elites. In 282 B.C. Phintias of Agrigento ruthlessly destroyed Gela to crush its power forever. In Roman times it was only a small settlement.
GB65249. Bronze AE 16, Calciati III p. 28, 56; Jenkins Gela 541, SNG Munchen 323, SNG ANS -, VF, weight 3.354 g, maximum diameter 15.9 mm, die axis 90o, Gela mint, c. 339 - 310 B.C.; obverse youthful head of the Herakles wearing Nemean lion scalp headdress; reverse bearded head of the River God of Gelas right, wearing a reed wreath; rare; SOLD




  




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