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Sicily, Gela
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) SICILY, GELA c.490-475 BC |
| Item Description: |
AR Didrachm Sicily, Gela rv man-headed bull obv horseman w/spear |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5 |
| Owner: |
PAL Collection |
Owner Comments:
From '100 Greatest Ancient Coins" by Harlan Berk - "Gela was a very wealthy city on the southern coast of Sicily near the river Gelas. The river was regarded as a local god, and nearly all of the city's coinage bears an image of the river god conceived as a bull with the head of a man, reflecting both the animal strength of the rushing water and its more benevolent divine qualities."