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Tetradrachm of Selinos with Artemis and Apollo in quadriga
Greek
Classical Period
445–435 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Selinos
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 17.28 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.481
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0320.
DescriptionObverse: Artemis in double chiton driving quadriga to left, on line; Apollo, nude to waist, at her right shooting with bow and arrow.
Beaded border.
Reverse: River god Selinos, wearing fillet, standing full front head to left, in himation, holding phiale over altar in right hand and laurel branch in left hand.
In front of altar, cock to left; at right a statue of bull to left on a base; in right field a leaf.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Beaded border.
Reverse: River god Selinos, wearing fillet, standing full front head to left, in himation, holding phiale over altar in right hand and laurel branch in left hand.
In front of altar, cock to left; at right a statue of bull to left on a base; in right field a 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. 288); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren