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Hexas
| Issuer | Gela |
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| Year | 315 BC - 310 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HGC 2#386 |
| Obverse description | Bust of Herakles in right profile, wearing the scalp of the Nemean lion as a headdress, the open jaws and mane rendered in relief framing the hero's youthful features. The modeling is bold and characteristic of late fourth-century Sicilian die engraving, with careful attention to the musculature of the neck and the texture of the lion skin. |
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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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| Mintage | ND (315 BC - 310 BC) |
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