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The silver didrachms of Sicily produced during the 6th and 5th centuries BC represent the formative chapter of one of the ancient world’s most celebrated coinage traditions, the earliest issues of the great Sicilian Greek colonial cities establishing the artistic foundations and civic iconographic programs that would eventually culminate in the breathtaking tetradrachms of the high classical period. The Sicilian AR Didrachm available here has been graded Choice Very Fine by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). Today, Sicily Selinus AR Didrachm Coins are available at Bullion Metals.

Comes with an individual plastic slab!Released between 540 and 480 BC!Produced at Selinus in Sicily!4/5 strike grade!3/5 surface grade!Contains 8.32 grams of actual silver content.Graded Choice Very Fine by the NGC.On the obverse is a selinon leaf.The reverse features an incuse-struck geometric pattern.

Comes with an individual plastic slab!

Released between 540 and 480 BC!

Contains 8.32 grams of actual silver content.

Graded Choice Very Fine by the NGC.

On the obverse is a selinon leaf.

The reverse features an incuse-struck geometric pattern.

The didrachms struck at Selinus between approximately 540 and 480 BC are among the most historically evocative coins of archaic Sicily, produced by the westernmost of the great Greek colonial cities on the island during the formative decades when Selinus was establishing itself as a major power in the complex world of Sicilian Greek politics and its relations with the Phoenician and indigenous Sicilian peoples who shared the island.

This Sicily Selinus AR Didrachm has a Choice Very Fine grade with a 4/5 strike designation, indicating a coin with above-average strike details, such as a strong strike and crisp details still visible. The 3/5 surface grade points to a coin with modest signs of wear and tear, as well as toning in the silver.

On the obverse of Sicilian AR Didrachm Coins, you will find the selinon leaf, a wild parsley plant from which the city derived its name. The image is rendered with botanical precision and decorative elegance that makes Selinuntine coinage among the most charmingly original in the entire corpus of archaic Sicilian numismatics. The reverse of Sicily Selinus AR Didrachms features a simple, incuse-struck geometric element.