Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Web Auction 92 - Greek, Roman, Byzantine Coins and Numismatic Literature I part - Greek, Roman, Byzantine Coins
Friday 2 October 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +00:00)
Sicily, Selinos, Tetradrachm, ca. 455-409 BC. AR (g 17,08; mm 26; h 5). Apollo and Artemis, standing side by side in slow quadriga r.; Apollo, nude to waist, holding bow, Artemis holding the reins; in ex. grain of corn, Rv. ΣΕΛΙ −
Sicily, Selinos, Tetradrachm, ca. 455-409 BC. AR (g 17,08; mm 26; h 5). Apollo and Artemis, standing side by side in slow quadriga r.; Apollo, nude to waist, holding bow, Artemis holding the reins; in ex. grain of corn, Rv. ΣΕΛΙ − ΝΟΝΤΙ − ΟΝ, nude youth river god Selinos standing l., holding large laurel branch and patera; on l., cock in front of burning altar; on r., leaf of celery over bull standing l. on a square basis engraved with an incuse A. Schwabacher 19 (Q6/S17); HGC 2, 1221. Cabinet tone with lovely iridescent sparkles, minor flattening, some ege splits, otherwise extremely fine.