Catalog
Didrachm
| Issuer | Segesta |
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| Year | 412 BC - 400 BC |
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| Value | Didrachm (10) |
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| Obverse description | A hound, rendered in fine archaic style, stands to the right atop a stag's head and seizes it firmly by the nose; the composition conveys dynamic tension between predator and prey. In the upper field to the right, a male head facing right represents a river-god, possibly the local deity Krimisos, rendered with characteristic Sicilian artistic refinement. The flan is irregular, as is typical of hammered Sicilian silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | EΓEΣTAION |
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