★ Rare Phintias AE ★

Gela/Phintias AE22, 2nd-1st century BC

Sicily, Gela, struck in Phintias. AE22 (9.89 g), 2nd-1st century BC.
Obv. Head of river god Gelas to right, crowned with reed.
Rev. ΓΕΛΩΙΩΝ, Warrior, nude, wearing Corinthian helmet and chlamys, kneeling right on ram, holding short dagger in his right hand, the horns of the animal with his left hand; in field left, H.
Jenkins 285, 554. CNS III 63.

Rare. Very fine.

In 282 BC Gela was destroyed by the Mamertini from Messana. The inhabitants were moved to Phintias (the modern Licata) where they struck coins with the ethnic of their old home town.