[SNG ANS 666]Selinus or Selinos, modern Selinunte on the southwest coast of the island of Sicily
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| Arnold 29 | Selinos, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 530-520 BC. Selinon leaf / Square incuse divided by diagonal lines into eight segments, alternately raised and sunk. | Text | Image |
| Arnold 30 | Selinos, Sicily AR Dridrachm. ca 540–510 BC. Selinon leaf flanked by two dots, stem ornamented with facing panther’s head / Square incuse divided by four lines into eight triangular segments, one filled. SNGANS 666 cf. | Text | Image |
| Arnold 42 | Selinos, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 510 BC. Selinon leaf with five lobes / Square incuse divided into twelve triangular segments, four filled, eight sunk. | Text Text | Image Image |
| BMC 31 | Selinos, Sicily. ca 435-417 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Apollo, holding bow, and Artemis in walking quadriga right, Apollo holding reins; grain ear in exergue / ΣEΛ-INONTI-ON, naked figure of river-god Selinos standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar in right hand and holding laurel branch in left; rooster on altar left, bull on basis and selinon leaf to right. Sear GC 907; BMC 2, 31. | Text | Image |
| BMC 50 | Selinus, Sicily. AE cast Tetras. 10.12 g. 435-415 BC. Head of a youthful river-god left. / Leaf of wild parsley with dot to left, right and at the stem. BMC 50; Calciati 6; Price III A, pl. XI, 9; Hoover HGC 1234. | Text | Image |
| CNS 1A | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 435-415 BC. AE Quincuncia(?). Mask of Selinos / Krater; five dots around. | Text | Image |
| Calciati 3 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 435-415 BC. AE Trias. Gorgoneion / Selinon leaf; four dots. Thurlow-Vecchi 310. | Text | Image |
| Calciati 9 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 435-415 BC. AE Hexas (4.50 gm). Cast coinage. Head of Silenos facing / Selinon leaf; two dots. Thurlow-Vecchi 314. | Text | Image |
| Calciati 11 | Selinos, Sicily. ca 415-409 BC. AE Hemilitron. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress / SE, bow and quiver. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 541 | Selinos, Sicily AE15. Mask of Selinos facing / selinon leaf. | Text | Image |
| Lindgren 542 | Selinos, Sicily, 6th-5th c. BC, AE 15. Two-handled vase / Selinon leaf. | Text Text | Image Image |
| McClean 2574 | Selinos, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 467 BC. ΣEΛINONTIOY (retrograde), slow quadriga driven left by Artemis, beside her Apollo drawing bow / ΣEΛINON (first N retrograde), river god Selinus standing left, sacrificing from phiale over altar, cock standing left at base of altar, in right field selinon leaf above statue of bull left on pedestal. Schwabacher 1. | Text | Image |
| McClean 2583 | Selinos, Sicily. c420-410 BC. AR Litra. Nymph seated left on rock, holding serpent which she feeds from her breast / Man-headed bull standing right; selinon leaf above. | Text | Image |
| Sear 906 | Selinos, Sicily, ca. 455-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm. ΣEΛINONTIOY, slow quadriga driven left by Artemis, beside her Apollo drawing bow / ΣEΛINON, river god Selinus standing left, sacrificing from patera over canopied altar, rooster standing left at base of altar, in right field selinon leaf above statue of bull left on pedestal. SNG Lloyd 1222; Sear Greek 906. | Text | Image |
| Sear 910 | Selinus, Sicily, AR tetradrachm, 16.81 gr, 24.78 mm. 417-409 BC. River-god Selinos, naked, standing left by altar, holding patera and laurel branch; rooster walking left at foot, in right field a bull with head lowered standing left on a pedestal with selinos leaf above / ΣEΛINONTIO(N), Unruly quadriga right driven by Nike, holding reins in both hands, wreath above, grain ear left below. Schwabacher 44; SNG Lloyd 1240; Sear Greece 910. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 665 | Selinos, Sicily AR Didrachm. Circa 540-515 BC. Selinon leaf; two dots above, two dots below / Incuse square divided into ten sections. | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 666 | Selinos, Sicily, AR didrachm, 540-515 BC. 8.84 g. Selinus leaf between two dots, two more dots on the base of the stem, forming the eyes of a lion or bat. / Multiple divided quadriatic incuse. SNG ANS 666. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 666cf | Selinos, Sicilyi AR Didrachm. ca 530-520 BC. Selinon leaf, dot to left, with animal face at stem / square incuse divided by diagonal lines into twelve segments, four raised, eight sunk. Cf. Arnold-Biucchi, Beer-Tobey, and Waggoner, ANSMN 33 (1988), 30 (leaf flanked by two dots). | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 667 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Didrachm (8.33 gm). Selinon leaf / Incuse square divided into eight sections. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 667v | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm. Selinon leaf, two dots flanking stem, two dots between leaves above / Incuse square divided into ten sections. Arnold-Biucchi Group I, 4; Selinus Hoard 15. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 668 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Didrachm. Selinon leaf / Unevenly divided incuse square with seven divisions. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 673 | Selinos, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 540/530-510 BC. Selinon leaf / Incuse square divided into 16 sections. SNG Cop 593. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 674 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Didrachm (9.17 gm). Feathery selinon leaf / incuse square divided into ten sections on a granular background. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 677 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Didrachm (9.17 gm). Feathery selinon leaf / Divided incuse square into ten sections; granular back. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 681 | Selinos, Sicily AR Didrachm. ca 540/530-510 BC. Selinon leaf, dots to left and right below / Incuse square divided into eight sections. Arnold-Biucchi 29. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 682 | Selinos, Sicily, ca 530-500 BC. AR Didrachm (8.62 g). Selinon leaf / Incuse square divided into eight sections within incuse square. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 688 | Selinos, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. Circa 460-440 BC. NO-TIN-ONIΛEΣ (city name retrograde), Artemis driving slow quadriga left, holding reins in both hands; beside her, Apollo standing left, drawing bow / Nude Selinos walking left, holding in right hand a phiale over canopied altar, palm branch in left; to left, rooster standing left before altar; to right, selinon leaf and bull standing left on basis. SNG Cop 597. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 691 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 450-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Artemis driving quadriga left; Apollo stands left beside her, drawing bow / Selinos walking left, holding branch and phiale over canopied altar; rooster on altar, bull on basis and selinon leaf to right. Schwabacher 10. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 695cf | Selinos, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. Slow quadriga driven right by Artemis, beside her in car Apollo standing right, drawing bow / River god Selinus standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar and holding branch, cock left on base of altar, in right field selinon leaf above statue of bull left on base inscribed with an A. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 697 | Selinos, Sicily AR Tetradrachm. ca 440-430 BC. Slow quadriga driven right by Artemis, beside her in car Apollo standing right, drawing bow, barley grain in exergue / River god Selinus standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar and holding branch, cock left on base of altar, in right field selinon leaf above statue of bull left on base. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 698 | Selinos AR tetradrachm. Artemis driving quadriga right, Apollo beside here drawing bow; barley ear in ex. / Nude river god Selinos standing left, holding phiale over altar and branch, rooster on altar, bull on basis and selinon leaf to right. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 700 | Selinos, Sicily. ca 435-417 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Apollo and Artemis in walking quadriga right, Apollo holding reins; grain ear in exergue / ΣEΛ-INONTI-ON, nude figure of river-god Selinos standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar in right hand and holding branch in left; rooster on altar left, bull on basis and selinon leaf to right. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 704 | Selinos, Sicily, AR Didrachm. ca 460-440 BC. Nude Herakles subduing the Cretan bull / nude figure of river-god Hypsas standing left, holding phiale over canopied altar in right hand and branch in left; serpent coiled around altar, heron and selinon leaf to right. Rizzo 16. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 707 | Selinos, Sicily. ca 460-440 BC. AR Didrachm. Σ-E-ΛI-N-ONT-IOΣ, nude Herakles subduing the Cretan bull / HV-YAS, nude figure of river-god Hypsas standing left, holding phiale over canopied altar in right hand and branch in left; serpent coiled around altar, heron and selinon leaf to right. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 711 | Selinos, Sicily. AR Litra, 0.68g; 13mm, 420-410 BC. Nymph seated left on rock, grasping large serpent with her extended right hand / ΣEΛINOYΣ, man-headed bull standing right, barley corn below. SNG Lloyd 1271; SNG ANS 711; cf Sear Greek 909. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 713 | SICILY: Selinus. Ca. 415-409 BC. AR hemidrachm (1.72 gm). Head of Heracles three-quarters left, in lion skin headdress / Fast quadriga left, selinon leaf above horses' heads. SNG ANS 713 (same dies). Rizzo pl. xxxiii, 7 (same dies). Rare. Light encrustation on obverse and small area of erosion below bust. Toned. Extremely fine | Text | Image |
| SNG Ashmol 1891 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Obol (0.72 gm). Selinon leaf / Selinon leaf in round incuse, with beaded border. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 594 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Didrachm (7.87 gm). Selinon leaf / Incuse square containing selinon leaf. | Text | Image |
| SNG Lloyd 1211 | Selinos, Sicily. Ca. 500-480 BC. AR Didrachm (8.57 gm). Selinon leaf / Incuse square with selinon leaf within square border. | Text | Image |
| SNG Lloyd 1219 | Selinos, Sicily. Circa 460-440 BC. AR Tetradrachm. Artemis driving quadriga left, Apollo beside her drawing bow / Draped figure of river-god Selinos standing left, holding phiale over canopied altar in right hand and branch in left; cock on | Text | Image |
| SNG Lockett 861 | Selinos, Sicily. ca 450 BC. AR Tetradrachm. ΣYMBOL">ΣEΛ-IN-ONT-ION, Artemis driving quadriga left, Apollo beside her drawing bow / ΣEΛIN-OΣ, river god Selinos standing left holding patera and branch, sacrificing over altar; cock left, selinon leaf and bull standing on pedestal right. | Text | Image |
| SNG Munich 1888 | Selinus, Sicily. 530-500 BC. AR Didrachm. 8.47 g. Selinon leaf, dot to left and right in upper fields, dot to left and right of the stalk. / punch of six parts. SNG Munchen 1888. | Text | Image |
| Weber 1531cf | Selinos, Sicily. c500-480 BC. AR Didrachm. Selinon leaf / Legend around selinon leaf, all in incuse square. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Magna Graecia Coins of selinus | ||
| Entry for Selinos, Sicily on the Digital Historia Numorum | |||
| Search for Silenus in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum |
