Exceptional Selinos

CNG 87, Lot: 215. Estimate $1500. Sold for $26000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Selinos. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 8.60 g). Selinon leaf / Incuse square divided into twelve sections. Arnold-Biucci group I, 2/3 (for obv./rev.); Selinus Hoard 31-3; SNG ANS 673. EF, beautifully toned, typical die wear on reverse. Well centered and struck.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 112; Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 38.