ANCIENT GREEK COINS
SICILY | Segesta
Sotheby, Apr 20 1909 (Hobart Smith)
Lot 50 AR Tetradrachm, 17.17g
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
| House | Sotheby, London, Great Britain |
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| Date | April 20th, 1909 |
| Lot | 50 |
| Description | Selinus, Sicil., AR Tetradrachm, wt. 265 grs. (B.C 466-415), SElINONTION, River-god Selinos standing to left, holding phiale and lustral branch sacrificing at altar of Asklepios in front of which is a cock, to right altar of Poseidon surmounted by figure of a bull, and above it leaf of wild celery; R Apollo and Artemis in slow quadriga to right, Apollo discharging a bow, a corn grain in exergue, a very fine coin of late transitional period in desirable condition |
| Issuer | Sicil. | Segesta |
| Metal | AR (Silver) |
| Denomination | Tetradrachm |
| Weight | 17.17g |
| Estimate | |
| Sold | £12-10-0 |
| Currency | £ s. d. |
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