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Auction archive: Lot number 86

Sicily, Selinos AR Tetradrachm. Circa

Estimate
£10,000
ca. US$12,343
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 86

Sicily, Selinos AR Tetradrachm. Circa

Estimate
£10,000
ca. US$12,343
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Sicily, Selinos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 455-415 BC. Artemis driving slow quadriga right, holding reins in both hands, Apollo standing on her right, discharging an arrow; barley grain in exergue / River-god Selinos standing left, sacrificing with phiale over flaming altar, holding laurel branch in left hand, cock before altar, bull behind to left, standing on pedestal decorated with laurel garland, surmounted by selinon leaf; ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ around. W. Schwabacher, Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt, MBNG 43, 1925, 18 (Q8/S23); SNG ANS 698; Rizzo 3, pl. XXXIII. 16.88g, 27mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Beautiful old tone with gold highlights around the devices. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011

Auction archive: Lot number 86
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Roma Numismatics Limited
20 Fitzroy Square
London, W1T 6EJ
United Kingdom
sales@romanumismatics.com
+44 (0)20 7121 6518
Beschreibung:

Sicily, Selinos AR Tetradrachm. Circa 455-415 BC. Artemis driving slow quadriga right, holding reins in both hands, Apollo standing on her right, discharging an arrow; barley grain in exergue / River-god Selinos standing left, sacrificing with phiale over flaming altar, holding laurel branch in left hand, cock before altar, bull behind to left, standing on pedestal decorated with laurel garland, surmounted by selinon leaf; ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ around. W. Schwabacher, Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt, MBNG 43, 1925, 18 (Q8/S23); SNG ANS 698; Rizzo 3, pl. XXXIII. 16.88g, 27mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Beautiful old tone with gold highlights around the devices. From the Ambrose Collection; Ex Gorny & Mosch 199, 10 October 2011

Auction archive: Lot number 86
Auction:
Datum:
23 Mar 2017
Auction house:
Roma Numismatics Limited
20 Fitzroy Square
London, W1T 6EJ
United Kingdom
sales@romanumismatics.com
+44 (0)20 7121 6518
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