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Gela
Inventory no: M 8420

Class/status: City

Denomination: Tetradrachm

Date: ca. 480/475-475/470 v. Chr.

Country: Italy
Mint: Gela

Obverse: Langsame Quadriga n. r., deren Pferde von der n. r. fliegenden Nike bekränzt werden.
Reverse: ΓΕΛ-ΑΣ. Protome eines stoßenden menschengesichtigen Stiers.

Production: struck

Coin, Silver, 17,22 g, 27 mm, 2 h

Vendor (to prev. Owner):
Gorny & Mosch (Munich)

Publications: O. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), HGC 2 (2012) 99 Nr. 338 (ca. 480/475-475/470 v. Chr.); G. Buceti, Monete, Storia e Topografia della Sicilia Greca (2010) 114 Nr. 14 (ca. 480-470 v. Chr.); G. K. Jenkins, The coinage of Gela (1970) 209 Nr. 139 (O39 / R84, ca. 480/475-475/470).

Web Portals:
http://www.ancientsiciliancoins.com/ascoins/view/177
https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins_1970.104-186

Photographer Obverse: Nike Elsbroek
Photographer Reverse: Nike Elsbroek

Münster, Archäologisches Museum der Universität
Accession Year of access 2023 Zugangsart Schenkung

Recommended Quotation: Digitales Münzkabinett der Universität Münster, M 8420

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