v26_0010 - SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 16)
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Type : Hemilitron, (PB, Æ 16)
Date: c. 420-408 AC.
Mint name / Town : Himère
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan étroit, épais et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Himera à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un sphendone ; devant le visage, six globules.
Obverse legend : IM-E
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Six globules dans une couronne végétale.
Commentary
Poids léger. Dans certains ouvrages, la couronne du revers est décrite comme étant constituée de deux branches de laurier.
Historical background
SICILY - HIMERA
(420-408 BC)
Himère, a Chalcidian colony, was founded by inhabitants of Zancle in 648 BC. The city was taken by Théron, tyrant of Agrigento in 482 BC, and its population deported. After the end of the "akragantine" domination in 472 BC, the city underwent significant economic development until its final destruction by the Carthaginian forces in 408 BC. Its population, which had counted up to 'to 40,000 inhabitants, then took refuge in Therma.
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