bgr_893895 - SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 415-409 AC.
Mint name / Town : Himère, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Roma Numismatics, The Mike Ballerini Collection, lot n° 431
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Himera à gauche, les cheveux retenus par un sphendone avec collier et boucle d’oreille ; devant le visage, six globules ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse legend : IM-E.
Obverse translation : (Himère).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Six globules posés en étoile dans un motif ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier ; grènetis circulaire.
Commentary
Pour ce type, G. Buceti a recensé seulement treize exemplaires qui est infiniment plus rare que le type normal avec les six globules dans une couronne de laurier. Le même auteur a relevé des poids compris entre 3,98 g et 4,42 g. Notre exemplaire est actuellement le plus lourd recensé pour ce type.
Historical background
SICILY - HIMERA
(5th - 4th century 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. After the destruction of Himera by the Carthaginians, the city was deserted and its population was put to death or deported. However two years later, refugees returned to the deserted territory of Himera although a new city was founded, Thermai, the two entities having a distinct existence. However, this new foundation never regained the luster of the old.
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