SICILY, Selinos. Circa 540-515 BC. AR Didrachm (22.5mm, 8.76 g). Selinon leaf; pellet to upper left and right, pellets flanking stem and taking form of eyes of facing panther head design at bottom of leaf / Incuse square divided into eight sections with Maltese cross form. Arnold-Biucchi Group I, 5; Selinus Hoard 30; HGC 2, 1210; SNG ANS 666; SNG Lloyd –; SNG München –; Basel –; Dewing –. Near EF, dark iridescent tone.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 99.