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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Segesta |
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| Year | 390 BC - 385 BC |
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| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | The nymph Aigiste (Segesta) drives a fast quadriga to the right, holding grain stalks in her right hand and reins in both hands; above the horses, Nike flies to the left, extending a wreath to crown the charioteer. The scene is rendered in the dynamic style characteristic of late 5th-century Sicilian engraving. In the exergue, a grasshopper is depicted to the right, accompanied by the inscription ΣE-ΛEΣTAZIA above it. |
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| Reverse description | The eponymous hero and hunter Aigestes (Acestes) is depicted nude, standing to the right with his left foot raised and resting upon a rock; a pileus hangs from his neck, and he holds two hunting spears over his left shoulder. Two hounds occupy the lower field: one at bay to the right and the other crouching to the right, sniffing at an ithyphallic herm positioned to the right of the composition. The scene is executed in a vigorous, naturalistic style consistent with Sicilian civic coinage of the early 4th century BC. |
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| Mint | Segesta |
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