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, Gela mint, weight 0.737g, maximum diameter 12.2mm, die axis 45
o, 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