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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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