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LOT 2888
Sicily, Gela AE Onkia. Circa 420-405 BC.
Bull butting to right; grain ear and ΓΕΛΑΣ above, pellet (mark of value) in exergue / Head of river-god Gelas to right, grain ear behind. Jenkins 506-8; HGC 2, 383. Good Very Fine.(1.27gr, 11mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 70, 7 May 2020, lot 367 (company's ticket included).
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 77, 1 December 2019, lot 820 (company's ticket included).
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