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Coin Type: Bronze onkia of Gela in Sicily. Mint and Date: Gela, c. 420-405 BCE Size and Weight: 10mm x 11mm, 1.09g Obverse: Bull butting left. ΓEΛA(&Sigma) above, pellet in exergue. Reverse: Horned head of young river god Gelas right, with floating upspiked hair. Barley grain behind. Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), February 2011. Ref: GCV 1096 var; Jenkins, Gela 514; CNS 6; SNG ANS 108. BW Ref: 002 052 167 |
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