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Tetradrachm of Selinos with Artemis driving a quadriga (four-horse chariot) while Apollo draws his bow
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 466–445 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Selinos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.04 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.479
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0319.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses walking to left on line, driven by Artemis standing, in double chiton; Apollo standing at her right with garment over left arm and around body, shoots with bow and arrow.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nude Selinus, horned, stands to left holding in right hand phiale over ornamented altar; in left hand laurel branch.
At right, statue of bull on base; above it, leaf.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Nude Selinus, horned, stands to left holding in right hand phiale over ornamented altar; in left hand laurel branch.
At right, statue of bull on base; above it, leaf.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 285); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren