SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.98 g, 3h).

Electronic Auction 486
Lot: 19. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 1 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.98 g, 3h). Artemis, holding reins in both hands, and Apollo, drawing bow, in quadriga right; barley grain in exergue / River god Selinos, nude, standing facing, head left, holding phiale over lighted altar and cradling filleted palm branch; to left, rooster standing left before altar; to right, selinon leaf above bull standing left on basis. Schwabacher 24 (Q7/S20); HGC 2, 1221. Toned, a little off center, scratches. Near VF.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 452 (18 September 2019), lot 87; John L Balderston III Collection (Stack’s, 29 May 1948), lot 39 (hammer $40).


Closing Date and Time: 24 February 2021 at 10:06:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.