bgr_766772 - SICILY - SELINUS Litra

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Price : 750.00 €

Type : Litra

Date: c 466-415 AC.

Mint name / Town : Sélinonte

Metal : silver

Diameter : 12,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 0,64 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

ANS.711 - MIAMG.4734 (R) (500€) - BMC.40 - GC.909

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Nymphe (Eurymedusa) assise à gauche sur un rocher, tenant un serpent de la main droite, levant la main gauche au-dessus de sa tête ; au-dessus, une feuille de céleri (ache).

Reverse

Reverse description : Taureau androcéphale passant à droite ; à l’exergue, un poisson.

Reverse legend : SELINOES.

Historical background

SICILY - SELINUS

(5th century BC)

Selinunte was founded by Megarian settlers. The new coinage begins after 466 BC when Selinunte experienced great economic prosperity. The aggression against Segesta, in 413 BC, provoked the intervention of Athens in Sicily and the disastrous expedition of Alcibiades recounted by Thucydides in the Peloponnesian War. The city emerged victorious from this first test, but could not resist the Carthaginian invasion. The city, besieged, was destroyed in 409 BC and came under Carthaginian domination.

SICILY - SELINUS Tetras F/VF

150.00 €

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SICILY - SELINUS Hexas XF

320.00 €

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SICILY - SELINUS Hexas VF

175.00 €

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SICILY - SELINUS Onkia VF/VG

195.00 €

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SICILY - SELINUS Trias VF

280.00 €

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SICILY - SELINUS Onkia XF

320.00 €

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bgr_766772 - SICILY - SELINUS Litra

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

SICILY - SELINUS

(5th century BC)

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