Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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SICILY. Selinos. AR Tetradrachm (17.25 gms), ca. 440-420 B.C. NGC VF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5.
HGC-2, 1221; Schwabacher-18 (Q5/S16); SNG ANS-696 (same dies). Obverse: Artemis, holding bow and reins, driving biga right; Apollo standing beside her, drawing bow; grain in exergue; Reverse: River god Selinos standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar to left and holding branch; rooster on altar, selinon leaf and bull on basis to right. Deeply toned and quite well centered, this elegant specimen is a rather SCARCE and enticing type.
From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Estimate: $1000 - $2000
HGC-2, 1221; Schwabacher-18 (Q5/S16); SNG ANS-696 (same dies). Obverse: Artemis, holding bow and reins, driving biga right; Apollo standing beside her, drawing bow; grain in exergue; Reverse: River god Selinos standing left, sacrificing from phiale over lighted altar to left and holding branch; rooster on altar, selinon leaf and bull on basis to right. Deeply toned and quite well centered, this elegant specimen is a rather SCARCE and enticing type.
From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection.
Estimate: $1000 - $2000