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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm (23.5mm, 8.77 g). Selinon leaf / Incuse square divided into twelve sections. Arnold-Biucchi Group 1; Selinus Hoard 32; HGC 2, 1211. Lightly toned, minor die break on reverse. EF. Well struck from fresh dies with sharp details.
Ex Wild Rose Collection; M. A. Armstrong Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 102, 18 May 2016), lot 115; Sotheby’s (7 March 1996), lot 56.
Situated on the southwest coast of Sicily at the mouth of the Selinunte River, Selinos was founded by Dorian colonists from Megara Hyblaia, a town on the eastern coast of the island. Selinos is believed to be the first city on Sicily to strike coins, introducing its didrachms circa 540 BC, less than a decade after Aegina had introduced the concept of coinage to Europe. Based on the Corinthian weight standard, the initial coinage of Selinos regularly featured a tri-lobed wild parsley leaf, since the ancient Greek name for this, selinos, provided an allusive pun on the town’s name.
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