Sicily, Selinus (c. 450 BC), Tetradrachm, 17.13 gms., die axis 225°, /KSELINONTION/k around quadriga driven left by Artemis, accompanied in the chariot by Apollo who is aiming his bow, rev. /KSELINOS/k around the reiver-god Selinus, standing left, holding phiale and sacrificing over altar in front of which is a cockerel, to the right bull standing on pedestal and selinon leaf (Schwabacher, Die Tetradrachmen pragung von Selinunt, MBNG, 1925, pl. 1 (Q 3/S 11); SNG ANS 691, same obverse die; Boston 319; SNG Cop. 597/8; SNG Lloyd 1230, same dies; ACGC 787), a little flat in parts but struck on a broad planchet and very rare

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Sicily, Selinus (c. 450 BC), Tetradrachm, 17.13 gms., die axis 225°, /KSELINONTION/k around quadriga driven left by Artemis, accompanied in the chariot by Apollo who is aiming his bow, rev. /KSELINOS/k around the reiver-god Selinus, standing left, holding phiale and sacrificing over altar in front of which is a cockerel, to the right bull standing on pedestal and selinon leaf (Schwabacher, Die Tetradrachmen pragung von Selinunt, MBNG, 1925, pl. 1 (Q 3/S 11); SNG ANS 691, same obverse die; Boston 319; SNG Cop. 597/8; SNG Lloyd 1230, same dies; ACGC 787), a little flat in parts but struck on a broad planchet and very rare

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Purchased from Charles Morley in 1941 for $200

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This mid-5th Century coinage from Selinus is both innovative and complex. Its obverse adapts the standard Sicilian quadriga to show the patron deities of Selinus' parent city Megara in a sacred chariot. They are travelling toward Sicily to protect the colonists of Selinus. On the crowded reverse, the river-god Selinus sacrifices to secure the well-being of the city.