Greek Coinages, Selinus: Tetradrachm, struck c. 467-445

Obverse: σελινοντιον (retrograde): Apollo and Artemis standing in quadriga stepping slowly left; Apollo drawing bow, his sister holding the reins

Reverse: σελινον: youthful river god standing left, short horns sprouting from head, holding laurel-branch and pouring libation from phiale onto garlanded altar; behind a selinon leaf and a bovine idol

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 17.39g/2h

References: Schwabacher 1 [Q1/S1]; Rizzo pl. XXXI, 10; Ashmolean 1892

Condition: Extremely fine, prettily toned over fresh surfaces; a superb coin with a charming painterly quality £8,000-£10,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins.

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Collection

W.H. Carr Collection, Ars Classica Auction XVI, Lucerne, 3 July 1933, lot 632

Bt Spink, August 1941