Selinus

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 305

The mint at the ancient site of Selinus in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
AC 86 - Selinus, silver, tetradrachms (466-415 BCE)		Silver	4,727 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2268 - Selinus (didrachm leaf/incuse square) over Corinth (Pegasus/swastika) (Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, June 2008, 29)		Silver	515 BC JL
2701 - Selinus (didrachm leaf/incuse square) over Corinth (Pegasus/swastika) (Noe 1957, p. 22, pl. VI, j)		Silver	515 BC JL
2476 - Selinus (tetradrachm Apollo/Selinos) over uncertain type (Gemini, 7, Jan. 2011, 145)		Silver	450 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
1787 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (New York, ANS)		Silver	540 BC JL
1861 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 452)		Silver	540 BC JL
1712 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 459)		Silver	540 BC JL
1900 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (Selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)		Silver	540 BC JL
1922 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Athens, MN - Noe 1957, pl. VIII, e)		Silver	540 BC JL
1784 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Rago 1962, p. 7)		Silver	540 BC JL
2094 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (New York, ANS)		Silver	475 BC JL
2146 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Gemini, 9, Jan. 2012, 3)		Silver	455 BC JL
19551 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Selinus (biga/Selinos) (Künker, 143, Oct. 2008, 80)		Silver	455 BC JL
2430 - Messana (tetradrachm biga/hare) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Oxford, AM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVII, 14)		Silver	450 BC JL
1832 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes coll., 894)		Silver	445 BC JL
20951 - Catana (tetradrachm quadriga/Apollo) over Selinus (biga/Selinus) (Acireale, coll. Pennisi - Garraffo, XVI, 9)		Silver	445 BC JL
1932 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Noe 1957, p. 35, o)		Silver	440 BC JL
2426 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse eagle) over Selinus (Syracuse, MAR)		Silver	430 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	selinus_sicily
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Selinus in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	462489
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37° 34' 58.23" N, 12° 49' 30.43" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Selinus https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462489 http://sws.geonames.org/2523164/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x25950 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7003848

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Literature

• Arnold-Biucchi 1992
• Boehringer 1997
• Fischer-Bossert 2016
• Garraffo 1984
• Schwabacher 1925
• SNG Lloyd

Authors

• Salvatore Garraffo
• Willy Schwabacher