Already the very first coins from Selinus, issued around the mid-6th century BC, bore the leaf of the celery plant – 'selinon' in Greek.
One and a half centuries later, the celery leaf was still depicted on the coins from Selinus, although it had been reduced to a small symbol. On this litra we see the nymph Eurymedusa with a serpent which she feeds from her breast; the serpent stands for recurring renewal. The reverse shows a man-headed bull, a symbol for the river god Selinus.