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Didrachm
| Issuer | Selinos |
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| Year | 515 BC - 470 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | A stylized selinon (wild parsley) leaf rendered in high relief, with prominent central rib and radiating lateral leaflets spreading outward from a narrow base toward the upper field. The naturalistic vegetal motif is characteristic of the early coinage of Selinos, whose civic identity was closely associated with the plant. The flan is irregularly shaped, consistent with archaic Sicilian minting practice. |
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| Reverse description | A stylized selinon leaf rendered in incuse relief, depicted in a similar manner to the obverse but sunk into the die, set within a double-square incuse border forming a prominent geometric frame. The incuse technique, typical of early South Italian and Sicilian coinage influenced by Pythagorean aesthetic conventions, creates a mirror-like contrast with the raised obverse design. The field within the border is plain, focusing attention on the central vegetal motif. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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