SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-440 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.35 g, 12h). VF.

Electronic Auction 531 – Session 1
Lot: 49. Estimated: $ 750

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Selinos. Circa 455-440 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 8.35 g, 12h). Herakles standing right, holding club overhead, preparing to strike the Cretan Bull, standing right, which he holds by a horn / River god Hypsas standing left, holding branch and phiale from which he sacrifices over serpent-entwined altar to left; to right, selinon leaf above heron walking right. HGC 2, 1224; SNG ANS 704 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1261–2 (same dies); Dieudonné 159 (same dies); Gillet 495 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 187 (same obv. die); Rizzo pl. XXXI, 16 (same obv. die). Toned, rough surfaces, struck with worn obverse die (as usual). VF. Well centered and struck.

From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection, purchased from James Beach, 17 April 2004. Ex Pegasi I (with Lucien Birkler, 8 September 1995), lot 53.


Closing Date and Time: 25 January 2023 at 10:16:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 20% buyer’s fee.