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Litra
| Issuer | Gela |
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| Year | 415 BC - 405 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HGC 2#336, Jameson#590, SNG Lloyd#980, Jenkins#491.1 |
| Obverse description | Forepart of a bridled horse rearing to the right, rendered in fine archaic Greek style. The horse's mane is depicted with careful detail, and the bridle is clearly articulated. The figure is set within a plain, slightly irregular field typical of hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Head of a female deity facing left, her hair confined in an ampyx. She wears a single-pendant earring and a necklace, rendered with characteristic Sicilian Greek artistic refinement. A Greek inscription appears to the left of the portrait in the field. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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