SICILY. Selinos. Circa 415-409 BC. Litra (Silver, 13 mm, 0.77 g, 1 h). Nymph seated to left on a rock; raising her veil over her with her upraised left hand and, with her right, grasping the neck of a serpent coiled to right before; in the field above, selinon leaf. Rev. ΣΕ[ΛΙΝΟ]ΕΣ Man-headed bull galloping to right, his head turned to the right to face the viewer; in exergue, two opposed fish; in the field above, obscuring part of the legend, a countermark of a female head to the right within a circular indent ( upside down in relation to the coin type ). Buceti 40b/43. Bérend, Réflexions, p. 19 and pl. 2, 27 ( this coin ). Very rare with this reverse type. Clear and lightly toned. Some flatness from counter marking, otherwise, good very fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of Leo Mildenberg.