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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Segesta |
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| Year | 405 BC - 400 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Head of the nymph Segesta facing right, rendered in fine late Classical style with elaborately dressed hair adorned with a diadem and a beaded necklace visible at the truncation. The hair is depicted in voluminous curls bound with a decorative stephane, with an ear of grain tucked behind the head. The legend ΣΕΛΕ – ΣΤΑZΙA is disposed in the field to either side of the effigy. The portraiture reflects the influence of the Syracusan engraving tradition. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣΕΛΕ – ΣΤΑZΙA |
| Reverse description | The eponymous hero Aigestes (Acestes) depicted nude and standing in a dynamic three-quarter pose, hunting a boar which rushes toward the lower left. The hero grasps the animal and raises a spear in his right hand, his chlamys billowing behind him; a hound leaps at the boar from the lower field. The scene is rendered with vigorous naturalism characteristic of Sicilian die-engraving of the early fourth century BC. The ethnic legend ΕΓΕΣΤΑΙΩΝ is partially visible in the field to the left. |
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