bgr_262421 - SICILY - SELINUS Hexas
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Type : Hexas
Date: c. 425-415 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sélinonte, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,00 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan oblong à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Vinchon (1991) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête cornue de Dieu rivière (Silène) à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Feuille de celeri (sélinon) vue de face cantonée de deux globules.
Commentary
Poids léger. Coulé. La tête du silène est peu visible sur cet exemplaire.
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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