v38_0048 - SICILY - HIMERA Statère, didrachme ou nomos

SICILY - HIMERA Statère, didrachme ou nomos XF

MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 840.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €

Type : Statère, didrachme ou nomos

Date: c. 482-472 AC.

Mint name / Town : Himère

Metal : silver

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 8,18 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan légèrement ovale. Usure régulière. Frappé au droit avec un coin mou. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

BMC.24 - ANS.155 - MIAMG.4258 (R2) (800€) - GC.718 (300£) - P.453

Obverse

Obverse legend : HIMERA.

Obverse description : Coq debout à gauche.

Obverse translation : (Himère).

Reverse

Reverse description : Crabe vu de dessus.

Commentary

Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 155, pl. 6).

Historical background

SICILY - HIMERA

(5th 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.

SICILY - HIMERA Hemidrachme AU

850.00 €

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