Bruttium, Skylletion; male head/Skylla
410,00 €
Description
Bruttium, Skylletion 344 – 336 BC. Male head left, wearing pileus / Scylla swimming left, her right arm raised, holding oar in left hand.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE21 |
| Weight [g]: | 8,96 |
| Grade: | aVF/gF |
| Attribution: | SNG Cop. 1992 (Skylletion); SNG Morcom 878; Virzi 457 (Skylletion) |
| Commentary: | rare; dark great patina, some roghness |
Historical Context
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.
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