Lot 39 - Auction Gemini XII

Sicily. Selinus.  - c. 450-430 BC. ...
Sicily. Selinus.  - c. 450-430 BC. ...
Sicily. Selinus. - c. 450-430 BC. Didrachm, 8.23g (6h). Obv: [ΣΕΛΙΝΟΤ]ΙΟΝ Herakles stepping right, wielding club and grasping ... Read more
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Sicily. Selinus. - c. 450-430 BC. Didrachm, 8.23g (6h). Obv: [ΣΕΛΙΝΟΤ]ΙΟΝ Herakles stepping right, wielding club and grasping horn of Cretan bull beside him. Rx: ΗΥΨΑΣ River-god Hypsas standing left holding phiale and branch, between altar with serpent coiled around it on left, and selinon leaf above crane standing right on right. SNG Lloyd 1265 (same dies). SNG ANS 709. VF
Ex Berk 180, 16 August 2012, lot 220. Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7162
Notes
The obverse show Herakles performing one of his twelve labors, the capture of the Cretan bull
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