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SICILY. Selinus. Ca. 540-480 BC. AR didrachm (22mm, 7.15 gm). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Ca. 540-515 BC. Wild parsley (selinon) leaf / Incuse square composed of ten triangles, with four sections partially filled. HGC 2, 1209. Medium cabinet toning and subdued luster.
Situated on a vast plateau in southwestern Sicily, Selinus was founded in the late seventh century BC by Dorian colonists from Megara in mainland Greece. Named after a river god, Selinus was one of the earliest Sicilian cities to embrace the invention of coinage. Its first coins, struck on the Corinthian standard in circa 540 BC, bore a selinon (celery) leaf as a canting pun on the city name.
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SICILY. Selinus. Ca. 540-480 BC. AR didrachm (22mm, 7.15 gm). NGC MS 5/5 - 5/5. Ca. 540-515 BC. Wild parsley (selinon) leaf / Incuse square composed of ten triangles, with four sections partially filled. HGC 2, 1209. Medium cabinet toning and subdued luster.
Situated on a vast plateau in southwestern Sicily, Selinus was founded in the late seventh century BC by Dorian colonists from Megara in mainland Greece. Named after a river god, Selinus was one of the earliest Sicilian cities to embrace the invention of coinage. Its first coins, struck on the Corinthian standard in circa 540 BC, bore a selinon (celery) leaf as a canting pun on the city name.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-sicily-selinus-ca-540-480-bc-ar-didrachm-22mm-715-gm-ngc-ms-5-5-5-5/a/3106-33006.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3106-01172023
HID02906262019
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