450 BCE - 440 BCEΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ | ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ
Overstriking coin SO_180_-_Selinus_(tetradrachm_Apollo-Selinos).jpg
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ (Greek) Apollo and Artemis standing in a quadriga to left, Artemis holding reins, Apollo drawing bow. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ (Greek) River god Selinos sacrificing: standing at altar, holding branch and pouring from phiale. At altar, rooster. To right, statue of a bull standing on a pedestal, to left. In right field, wild parsley leaf.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Selinus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Schwabacher, Willy (1925), "Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt", Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLIII, p. 1-89, pl. I-III.
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1969), The Norman Davis collection, New York, American Numismatic Society, p. 53, pl. XXVIII.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.