Live auction - bgr_1119789 - SICILY - SEGESTA Didrachme
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| Starting price : | 600 € |
| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 June 2026 14:03:06 |
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 400-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ségeste
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Droit à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait de la nymphe Ségeste, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE À L’EXERGUE.
Obverse description : Lévrier passant à droite ; derrière, trois épis de blé.
Obverse legend : EGESTAION
Obverse translation : (Des Ségestiens).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de la nymphe Ségeste à droite, les cheveux retenus dans un sphendone.
Commentary
Argent corné. Faux d’époque. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 644) et que celui reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Montenegro, p. 819, présentant le même aspect pour le métal. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. n° 645).
Horned silver. Period fake. Same dies as the American Numismatic Society copy (ANS. 644) and the one reproduced in Montenegro's work, p. 819, showing the same appearance for the metal. Same obverse die as the American Numismatic Society copy (ANS. No. 645)
Horned silver. Period fake. Same dies as the American Numismatic Society copy (ANS. 644) and the one reproduced in Montenegro's work, p. 819, showing the same appearance for the metal. Same obverse die as the American Numismatic Society copy (ANS. No. 645)
Historical background
SICILY - SEGESTA
(5th - 4th century BC)
Segesta, founded by the Elymians, often came into conflict with its neighbours, particularly Selinunte. The Athenians took the pretext of a quarrel between the two cities to embark on the Sicilian expedition in 415 BC which ended two years later with the Athenian defeat, the betrayal of Alcibiades and the death of Nicias. During the Carthaginian invasion of 409 BC, Segesta fell under the domination of Carthage never to leave it. The city was besieged by Dionysius the Elder in 397 BC, but Himilcon delivered Segesta. The city allied with Agathokles in 307 BC before falling back under Carthaginian domination on his death and suffering the consequences. Segesta welcomed Pyrrhus in 276 BC and paid dearly for him.
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