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Æ Hemilitron
| Issuer | Selinos |
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| Year | 415 BC - 409 BC |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΕ (Translation: Selinos) |
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| Mint | Selinos (Sicily) |
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Selinos — the westernmost Greek city on Sicily — was destroyed by the Carthaginians under Hannibal Mago in 409 BC, a siege of nine days that ended in massacre and the city's permanent abandonment. This hemilitron belongs to the final decades of the mint's activity, struck at some point before that obliteration. Coins from Selinos after 409 BC simply do not exist; the destruction was total.