★ Pedigreed From 1908 ★

SICILY. Gela. GOLD 1 1/3 Litrai - Tetradrachm (Circa 406-405 BC).

Obv: Forepart of the river-god Gelas left.
Rev: ΣΩΣIΠΟΛIΣ.
Head of Sosipolis right, wearing ampyx, sphendone and necklace.

Jenkins, Gela, 494.7 (this coin, O103/R201); Rizzo pl. XIX, 7; SNG ANS 104; HGC 2, 335.

Extremely rare. From the collection of Prof. Carlo Stiavelli, Santamaria (6 April 1908), 148; ex Merzbacher (1909), lot 2487; Merzbacher (1910), lot 215; Naville IV (1922), lot 247; Glendining & Seaby 2 (1929), lot 193; Numismatic Ars Classica 13 (1998), lot 293.

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 1.15 g.
Diameter: 12 mm.