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| Issuer | Gela |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Antiphemos, the mythological founder of Gela, depicted standing and facing right, holding a sword in his raised right hand, preparing to sacrifice a ram that leaps rightward before him. The scene references the founding myth of the city and is rendered in a dynamic, narrative composition characteristic of Hellenistic Sicilian bronze issues. A Greek inscription appears to the left of the central device. The figures are in moderate relief with visible wear consistent with circulation use. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Gela's bronze coinage presents a dating puzzle — the city was destroyed by Phintias of Akragas in 282 BC and its population forcibly relocated to the newly founded Phintias (modern Licata), effectively ending the mint's operation. Any bronze issue from Gela therefore predates that destruction, though attribution within the fourth and early third centuries remains contested among specialists working the HGC series.