Live auction - bgr_555576 - SICILY - GELA Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 14:08:24 |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 465-450 AC
Mint name / Town : Géla, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 16,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré au droit mais bien centré au revers. Usure importante, régulière. La monnaie reste parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Joli protomé de taureau. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bige au pas à gauche, conduit par un aurige, tenant les rênes et le kentron, derrière une colonne ionique ; à l'exergue, un monstre marin.
Reverse
Reverse description : Protomé de taureau androcéphale du dieu fleuve Gélas à droite couronné par une Nike.
Reverse legend : GELAS.
Reverse translation : (Géla).
Commentary
C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
SICILY - GELA
(420-415 BC)
The coinage of Géla, founded in 688 BC by Rhodian and Cretan settlers, began around 498 BC. Gélon and Hiéron were from Géla before successively becoming tyrants of Syracuse. The city experienced economic and artistic development between 450 and 410 BC. Gela was taken and destroyed by the Carthaginians in 405 BC. On the reverse of the coins of Gela, the androcephalic bull represents a river god who could come from the metropolis of the Sicilian city, Rhodes (Caria), where the cult of the anthropomorphic god Archelus is attested.
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