Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
giovedì 26 settembre 2024 ore 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Sicily, Selinos (c.ca 415-409 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,84 g; 26,5 mm)
Apollo and Artemis standing r. in a quadriga moving slowly to r.; Artemis holding the reins and Apollo drawing his bow; on the upper right field, wreath tied below; above exergue line, shield set on ground (or scallop shell according to Schwabacher); in exergue, barley corn; Rv. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙ-ΟΝ The river-god Selinos standing l., holding phiale over garlanded altar in right hand, laurel branch in l.; before altar, a rooster standing l.; to r., selinon leaf over a bull standing left on a base. BMC 12; HGC 2, 1221; Schwabacher 38 (Q12/S29); Imhoof Blumer, Grecques, 49. Very fine.
Ex Nomos Obolos Webauction 25 (23 October 2022), lot 19. Very rare. Just two examples recorded by Schwabacher.