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Lot 10. Selinos AR Tetradrachm, c. 450 BC
Selinos Tetradrachm and Syracuse AV Deka
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, September 15th, 19:05:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 13:13:36 CET
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CHF 3'000.00 (4 bids)
Approx. EUR 3'222.58 / USD 3'357.28 / GBP 2'679.29
Bid history
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CHF 3'000.00
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Bidder 3 *
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2013-09-15, 19:04:59
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CHF 2'800.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2013-09-03, 13:57:49
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CHF 2'600.00
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Bidder 2 *
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2013-09-02, 15:22:20
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CHF 2'500.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2013-09-01, 10:21:17
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 3
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eAuction #18, Lot 10. Estimate: CHF 3'000.00
Selinos, Sicily. AR Tetradrachm (26-31 mm, 17.25 g), c. 450.
Obv. ΣEΛINONTIOΣ (retrograde), quadriga moving slowly to left, driven by Artemis, who holds the reins, Apollo stands beside her, drawing a bow.
Rev. ΣEΛINOΣ, river-god Selinos, naked, standing facing left, holding a branch upwards in his left hand, and pouring a philae over an altar with his right; to left a cockerel in front of altar; to right, a selinon leaf above a bull standing facing left on a base.
SNG Lloyd 1224 (same dies); McClean 2576, pl. 88, 3 (same dies).
Rare. Beautiful late archaic style. Worn obverse die, otherwise gently toned and good very fine.
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