SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-440 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 8.27 g, 5h).Electronic Auction 514 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 1 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-440 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 8.27 g, 5h). Herakles standing right, holding club overhead, preparing to strike the Cretan Bull, standing right, which he holds by a horn / River god Hypsas standing left, holding branch and phiale from which he sacrifices over serpent-entwined altar to left; to right, selinon leaf above heron walking right. HGC 2, 1224; SNG ANS 704 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1261–2 (same dies); Dieudonné 159 (same dies); Gillet 495 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 187 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXXI, 16 (same obv. die). Toned, struck with worn obverse die, light roughness, light scratches and marks. VF. |