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Forgery of a Tetradrachm of Selinos with Artemis driving quadriga
Modern
Modern
Before 1986
Mint: Sicily, Selinos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26.5 mm. Weight: 16.96 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1986.338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga to right, driven by Artemis, Apollo beside her shooting bow.
Wreath above.
In the exergue, an ear of barley and inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Rivergod Selinus standing, laurel branch on left arm, patera in right hand, sacrificing at flaming altar.
Cock to left beside altar. Bull to left on pedestal at right. Selinon leaf above bull.
Attributed to Euth . . . (?).
Wreath above.
In the exergue, an ear of barley and inscription in Greek.
Reverse: Rivergod Selinus standing, laurel branch on left arm, patera in right hand, sacrificing at flaming altar.
Cock to left beside altar. Bull to left on pedestal at right. Selinon leaf above bull.
Attributed to Euth . . . (?).
ProvenanceBy 1986: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 17, 1986