Bruttium, Skylletion; male head/Skylla
Description:
Bruttium, Skylletion 344 - 336 BC. Male head left, wearing pileus / Scylla swimming left, her right arm raised, holding oar in left hand.
Diameter:
AE21 mm
Weight:
8.96 g
Grade:
aVF/gF
Attribution:
SNG Cop. 1992 (Skylletion); SNG Morcom 878; Virzi 457 (Skylletion)
Commentary:
rare; dark patina, some roughness
History:
Scylla was a monster living inside a rock on one side of a narrow channel of water (most probably the Strait of Messina), opposite her counterpart Charybdis.
Article Number:
020-07-02-44287