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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.16
Title
Tetradrachm of Selinous (Sicily)
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
450 BCE-420 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Selinous (Sicily)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191765

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.99 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Baldwin sale. Ex coll. Cunningham.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.16
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: Apollo, shooting with bow and arrow, and [Artemis] in quadriga, horses walking.
reverse: SELINONTI[ON], river-god Selinos with phiale and branch sacrificing over altar, in front of which is a cock; to r., bull standing on a base and a leaf of wild parsley.

Verification Level

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