Didrachm from Gela | Yale University Art Gallery

499–405 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 8.59 g, 5:00, 20 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Gilbert Steinberg
Accession Number: 2001.87.4609
Geography: Made in Gela, Sicily
Culture: Greek
Period: 5th century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bearded horseman advancing r., holding spear horizontally in raised r. hand

Reverse Description: GELA [Gr.] Forepart of man-headed bull r.

Provenance

Gilbert Steinberg, to about 1984; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1984 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, didrachms, money

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