E-auction 590-548932 - bgr_587162 - SICILY - SELINUS Tetras
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 46 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 August 2024 14:00:40 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tetras
Date: c. 435-415 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sélinonte, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 10,80 g.
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Restes de tête de dieu rivière (Selinos) à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Feuille de Sélinon accostée de trois globules.
Commentary
Pour ce type G. Buceti a recensé vingt-trois exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 6,44 g et 10,36 g. Série coulée .
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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