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Didrachm
| Issuer | Selinos |
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| Year | 455 BC - 440 BC |
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| Value | Didrachm (10) |
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| Obverse lettering | Σ-Ε-ΛΙ-ΝΟΤ-Ι-ΟΝ (Translation: Selinion) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Selinos — modern Selinunte in southwestern Sicily — was among the westernmost Greek colonies, and its silver coinage of this period reflects a city at the height of its prosperity, trading aggressively with both Carthaginian and Greek neighbors before its catastrophic sack by Carthage in 409 BC. That destruction was so thorough the city never fully recovered, making all pre-sack issues terminal survivors of a civilization effectively erased within a generation.