Live auction - bgr_698756 - SICILY - SELINUS Hemilitron
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 301 € |
| Maximum bid : | 301 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 14:06:55 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 415-409 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sélinonte, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire légèrement décentré au revers. Joli portrait d’Héraklès. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Arc et carquois vu de face.
Reverse legend : SE.
Reverse translation : (Sélinonte).
Commentary
Pour ce type, G. Buceti a recensé vingt-quatre exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 3,05 et 3,82 g.
Historical background
SICILY - SELINUS
(5th century BC)
Selinunte was founded by Megarian settlers. The new coinage begins after 466 BC when Selinunte experienced great economic prosperity. The aggression against Segesta, in 413 BC, provoked the intervention of Athens in Sicily and the disastrous expedition of Alcibiades recounted by Thucydides in the Peloponnesian War. The city emerged victorious from this first test, but could not resist the Carthaginian invasion. The city, besieged, was destroyed in 409 BC and came under Carthaginian domination.
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