Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 10Auction date: 20 July 2025
Lot number: 67

Price realized: 50 CHF   (Approx. 62 USD / 54 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetras. Circa 420-405 BC (Bronze, 16.99 mm, 3.08 g) Bull standing right, head lowered; above, olive branch; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Rev. ΓΕΛ[AΣ], Head of the young river-god Gelas right; barley grain to left. Jenkins Gela, Group VIII-IX, 528. Calciati CNS III, 22, 47. SNG ANS 121. Buceti 101. HGC 2, 380. Brownish patina. Nice style. Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 1:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 11Auction date: 2 November 2025
Lot number: 82

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetras. Circa 420-405 BC (Bronze, 16.82 mm, 3.77 g). ΓEΛAΣ, Bull standing right; olive leaf above, three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Rev. Horned head of Gelas right; [barley grain to left]. Jenkins 507. Calciati 18. HGC 2, 380. Dark brown patina. Smoothed. About Very Fine.

Starting price: 30 CHF

Match 2:
Astarte S.A. > Auction 24Auction date: 10 June 2025
Lot number: 49

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 341 USD / 299 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetras. Circa 420-405 BC (Bronze, 16.65 mm, 2.67 g). ΓΕΛΑΣ, Bull standing right, head lowered; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue. Rev. Head of the young river-god Gelas right; barley grain to left. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 506. Calciati 17. HGC 2, 380. Beautiful and untouched glossy light green patina. Extremely Fine.

From a Swiss Collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 100 CHF

Match 3:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 11Auction date: 2 November 2025
Lot number: 83

Price realized: 180 CHF   (Approx. 224 USD / 194 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetras. Circa 339-310 BC (Bronze, 13.22 mm, 2.71 g). [ΓΕΛΩ - IΩΝ], Wreathed head of Demeter facing slightly right. Rev. Wreathed head of Gelas left. Jenkins Gela, Group XII, 549-550. Calciati 59. SNG ANS 123-125. SNG Copenhagen 287. HGC 2, 388. Green patina. Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 4:
Astarte S.A. > Auction 24Auction date: 10 June 2025
Lot number: 47

Price realized: 4,000 CHF   (Approx. 4,868 USD / 4,267 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetradrachm. Circa 420-415 BC (Silver, 28.72 mm, 17.33 g). Charioteer driving slow biga right, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, crowning him; in exergue, [stork taking flight]. Rev. [ΓE]ΛΑ[Σ], Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right. Jenkins, Group VIII, 474 (O92/R180). HGC 2, 356. Scattered deposits. Fine style. About Extremely Fine. Very Rare: only three specimens recorded by Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins.

From an European Collection.

Starting price: 4000 CHF

Match 5:
Astarte S.A. > Auction 24Auction date: 10 June 2025
Lot number: 48

Price realized: 3,200 CHF   (Approx. 3,894 USD / 3,414 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sicily. Gela. Tetradrachm. Circa 420-415 BC (Silver, 24.84 mm, 17.27 g). Charioteer driving slow quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying left, crowning horses. Rev. ΓEΛAΣ, Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right, within incuse circle. Jenkins, Group VIII, 473.1 (this coin). SNG ANS 93. SNG Fitzwilliam 1000. Rizzo pl. XVIII, 1 var. (retrograde legend). Buceti 36. HGC 2, 355. Cabinet tone. As usual, struck with worn obverse die, but with a reverse perfectly struck in the finest Classical style. About Extremely Fine. Rare.

From the D(oe) & G(ay) Collection, ex Feuardent, 18 June 1924, lot 34. Formerly in the Chabenat Collection, ex Etienne Bourgey - Chabenat II, 14 December 1911, lot 38. Formerly in the Giuseppe De Ciccio Collection, ex Sambon & Canessa, 19 December 1907, lot 155.

Starting price: 1500 CHF