Tetradrachm from Selinus Artist: Unknown
Mint: Selinus

455–409 B.C.

Numismatics

On view, 1st floor, Numismatics
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

27 mm

Credit Line

The Ernest Collection in memory of Israel Myers

Accession Number

2007.182.185

Geography

Made in Selinus, Sicily

Culture

Greek

Period

5th century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Artemis driving quadriga r., Apollo beside her drawing bow; grain in exergue

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: River-god Selinos standing l., drapery around waist hung over l. arm, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar with r. hand and holding branch in l.; rooster on altar, bull on basis and selinon leaf to r.
Provenance
CNG, Lancaster, Pa., January 4, 2006, cat. 130, lot 196; Anonymous, San Francisco, 2006–7; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008," in "Recent Acquisitions," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008), 192
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, tetradrachms

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