GREEK COINS
Gela
Tetradrachm circa 450-440, AR 17.52 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron ; in field above, Nike flying r. to crown the horses. In exergue, palmette with flanking tendrils. Rev. CEΛAS Forepart of man-headed bull r. SNG Copenhagen 263 (these dies). Jenkins 360.
Lovely light iridescent tone, weakly struck on obverse, otherwise extremely fine
From the collection of a Swiss lawyer purchased in the 1980s and the early 1990s.