Tetradrachm

94-27-32

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 94-27-32
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Selinus
Date Made 467-445 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Quadriga | River God | Apollo | Artemis | Silenus | Sacrifice
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Quadriga drven left by Apollo and Artemis stading side by side-Apollo discharging an arrow from his bow, Artemis holds the reins; Archaic figure of river god Selinos, naked, striding left holding a phiale over altar in front of which stands sacrificial cock at left, in left hand he holds a lustral branch, a bull stands behind at left on pedestal, Selinon leaf above.

Outside Diameter 2.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994

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