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A bronze tetras of Gela showing a horned river god and a bull Coin Type: Bronze tetras of Gela in Sicily.
Mint and Date: Gela, c. 420-405 BCE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 3.76g
Obverse: ΓEΛAΣ
Bull butting left, head facing slightly front. Below, three pellets.
Reverse: Horned head of young river god Gelas right, with hair upswept, no diadem.
Provenance: taterthecat (eBay), May 2010.
Ref: GCV —; Jenkins 497; CNS III p. 7, 3 mv1; SNG ANS —
BW Ref: 001 050 161
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