Gela Coins [info Gela]
.. denomination weights n description Obv/Rev [Ref.]
490/85-480/75 BC Jenkins Group I
AR tetradrachm 17.25-17.52 7 horseman/man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 101-103)
AR didrachm 7.60- 8.95 533 horseman/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 1-100)
480/75-475/70 BC Jenkins Group II
AR tetradrachm 15.58-17.86 279 quadriga, Nike/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 104-186)
AR drachm 4.03- 4.15 5 horseman jumping/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 187-188)
AR obol 0.47- 0.79 13 forepart man-hd bull/wheel (Jenkins Gela 189-198)
AR hexas 0.09- 0.12 4 hd horse/2 pellets (Jenkins Gela 199-202)
465-450 BC Jenkins Group III
AR tetradrachm 15.35-17.94 137 quadriga, column/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 203-243)
AR litra 0.40- 0.96 128 horse/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 244-338)
450-440 BC Jenkins Group IV
AR tetradrachm 16.44-17.84 7 quadriga, column/forepart man-hd bull (classic style) (Jenkins Gela 339-340)
AR tetradrachm 15.40-17.71 118 quadriga Nike above, in ex palmette/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 341-370)
440-430 BC Jenkins Group V
AR tetradrachm 15.72-17.44 21 quadriga Nike above, exergue/forepart man-hd bull crowned by Sosipolis (Jenkins Gela 371)
AR tetradrachm 15.46-17.66 80 quadriga Nike above, exergue/forepart man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela 372-390)
430-425 BC Jenkins Group VI
AR tetradrachm 15.39-17.50 75 quadriga, Nike. in ex .../forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela 391-400)
AR litra 0.35- 0.85 68 horseman with shield/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela 401-453)
425-420 BC Jenkins Group VII
AR tetradrachm 16.23-17.43 10 quadriga guided by Nike/hd river-god (Jenkins Gela 454-456)
AR tetradrachm 16.40-17.34 44 quadriga guided by Nike/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela 457-462)
AR tetradrachm 16.31 1 quadriga guided by Nike/front hd river-god (Jenkins Gela 465)
AR didrachm 7.16- 8.76 18 horseman spearing hoplite/hd river-god (Jenkins Gela 463-464)
420-405 BC (Jenkins Group VIII 420-415, Group IX 415-405)
AV 30-litra 1.30- 1.75 5 horseman/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela IX 490)
AV 20-litra 0.98- 1.17 29 forepart man-hd bull/hd nymph Sosipolis (Jenkins Gela IX 492-494)
AV 15-litra 0.83- 0.88 4 forepart horse/hd female (Jenkins Gela IX 491)
AR tetradrachm 16.10-17.84 160 quadriga guided by Nike/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela VIII 466-478)
AR tetradrachm 16.10-17.54 38 quadriga guided by Nike/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela IX 481-483)
AR tetradrachm 14.88-17.92 24 fast quadriga guided by Nike/forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela IX 484, 486-488)
AR tetradrachm 15.50-17.28 17 fast quadriga guided by Nike/man-hd bull (Jenkins Gela IX 485)
AR didrachm 7.71- 8.60 12 horseman /forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela VIII 479)
AR didrachm 7.50 1 horseman /hd river-god (Jenkins Gela IX 489)
AR hemidrachm 1.73- 1.75 2 horseman /forepart Gelas (Jenkins Gela VIII 480)
AE tetras 3.73- 5.17 7 bull/wheel, barley grains between spokes (C 1)
AE tetras 2.48- 5.50 126 bull, 3p/hd river-god (C 3-4,7-10,12,14-5,17-20,23-5,28,30-2,34-54)
AE onkia 1.21- 1.75 7 bull/wheel, barley grains between spokes (C 2)
AE onkia 0.83- 1.91 35 bull, 1p/hd river-god (C 5-6,11,13,16,21-2,26-7,29,33)
339-310 BC
AR trihemiobol 0.96- 1.04 3 forepart Gelas/corn-ear (Jenkins Gela X 539-540)
AR trihemiobol 1.05 1 hd Gelas bearded/horse prancing (Jenkins Gela XIII 551)
AR litra 0.58- 0.75 8 hd female/man-hd bull on corn-ear (Jenkins Gela X 535-537)
AR litra 0.55- 0.65 3 hd female/corn-ear (Jenkins Gela X 538)
AR litra 0.40- 0.67 15 hd Herakles beard ls/hd Gelas beard (Jenkins Gela XI 541-543)
AE litra? 9.85-17.89 8 warrior sacrificing ram/horse prancing (C 61-2 (2-1C BC), Jenkins XIII 552-553 (34))
AE tetras? 3.26- 4.80 7 hd Herakles beard ls/hd Gelas beard (C 55, Jenkins Gela XI 544-545 (13))
AE trias? 2.03- 3.14 18 hd Demeter facing/hd Gelas beard (C 59-60, Jenkins Gela XII 549-550 (29))
AE hexas? 1.87- 2.42 6 hd young Herakles ls/hd Gelas beard (C 56-8, Jenkins Gela XI 546-548 (13))
2-1C BC Phintias Group XIV
AE unit 6.10-13.32 19 hd Gelas/warrior sacrificing ram (C 63-6,69-70, Jenkins 554-555, 558 (44))
AE half 3.74- 6.20 6 hd Demeter/ear of corn (C 67-8, 71, Jenkins 556-557, 559 (12))
1 Arrangement information:
G.K. Jenkins (1970) The Coinage of Gela. Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin
R. Calciati (1987) Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. La Monetazione di Bronzo: Vol. 3 (Area V-VIII)