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Tetradrachm of Selinous (Sicily)

Tetradrachm of Selinous (Sicily)

Greek

obverse: Apollo, shooting with bow and arrow, and [Artemis] in quadriga, horses walking. reverse: SELINONTI[ON], river-god Selinos with phiale and branch sacrificing over altar, in front of which is a cock; to r., bull standing on a base and a leaf of wild parsley.

Silver

Classical period

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