Tetradrachm from Selinus Mint: Selinus

466–415 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

17.30 g, 6:00, 27.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Gilbert Steinberg

Accession Number

2001.87.4731

Geography

Made in Selinus, Sicily

Culture

Greek

Period

5th century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: SELINONTIOS [Gr.] Apollo shooting with bow from quadriga r.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: River god Selinus standing facing, head l., holding patera in r. hand over lit altar and holding branch in l. hand; below l., cock standing l.; below r., statue of bull on base, on which SELINOS [Gr.], behind parsley branch
Provenance
Gilbert Steinberg, to about 1984; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1984 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money, tetradrachms

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