Editing Selinunte (section)

==Coinage==
The coins of Selinus are numerous and various. The earliest, as already mentioned, bear merely the figure of a parsley-leaf on the obverse. Those of somewhat later date represent a figure sacrificing on an altar, which is consecrated to [[Aesculapius]], as indicated by a cock that stands below it. The subject of this type evidently refers to a story related by [[Diogenes Laërtius]]<ref>viii. 2. § 11</ref> that the Selinuntines were afflicted with a pestilence from the marshy character of the lands adjoining the neighboring river, but that this was cured by works of drainage, suggested by [[Empedocles]]. A figure standing on some coins is the river-god Selinus, who was thus made conducive to the salubrity of the city.

The Seal of the [[London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine]] is based on a coin of [[Selinus]] struck in 466 BC which was designed by the sculptor and medallist [[Allan Gairdner Wyon]] FRBS RMS (1882–1962). It shows two Greek gods associated with health – [[Apollo]], the god of prophecy, music and medicine, and his sister [[Artemis]], goddess of hunting and chastity, and comforter of women in childbirth – in a horse-drawn chariot. Artemis is driving while her brother the great archer is shooting arrows. The fruitful date palm was added to indicate the tropical activities of the School but also has a close connection with Apollo and Artemis: when their mother [[Leto]] gave birth to them on the island of [[Delos]], miraculously a palm sprang up to give her shade in childbirth. [[Asclepius]], Apollo's son, was the god of ancient [[Greek medicine]], and was frequently shown holding a staff entwined with a snake. Snakes were used in this healing cult to lick the affected part of the patient. Significantly Asclepius' daughters were [[Hygeia]] (the goddess of health) and [[Panacea]] (the healer of all ailments). Asclepius' staff with a snake coiled round it (known as a symbol of the medical professions) was placed at the base of the seal to emphasise the medical interests of the School. The Seal was redesigned in 1990 by Russell Sewell Design Associates, and is retained today within the current School logo.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The School Seal {{!}} London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine {{!}} LSHTM|url = https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/introducing/history/school-seal|website = www.lshtm.ac.uk|access-date = 2015-09-25}}</ref>

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File:Selinos SNGANS 666.jpg|[[Ancient drachma|Didrachm]] bearing selinon leaf, two pellets above. Incuse square divided into eight sections. {{circa|540}}/530-510&nbsp;BC.
File:Selinus, didracma, 480-466 ac. ca.JPG|Didrachm, {{circa|480}}-466&nbsp;BC.
File:Selinus, didracma,466-415 ac. ca 2.JPG|Didrachm, {{circa|466}}-415&nbsp;BC.
File:Selinus, didracma,466-415 ac. ca.JPG|Didrachm, {{circa|466}}-415&nbsp;BC.

File:Selinos AR Tetradrachm 82000284.jpg|Selinos AR Tetradrachm 82000284
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