Catalog
Hexas
| Issuer | Gela |
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| Year | 315 BC - 310 BC |
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| Value | Hexas (⅙) |
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| Reverse description | Bearded and horned head of the river-god Gelas in left profile, personifying the eponymous river of the city. The mature male visage displays a full, wavy beard and prominent bull's horns emerging from the forehead, an iconographic convention identifying him as a river deity. The hair is rendered in thick, flowing locks swept back from the brow, reflecting the vigorous Sicilian bronze-coinage style of the early Hellenistic period. The coin field is plain, with no inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Gela |
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