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v57_0025 - SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron

SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron AU/AU
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 280.00 €
Realised price : 175.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 288.00 €
Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 405 - 383/382 AC.
Mint name / Town : Himère, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan large et irrégulier. Très belle tête féminine de face. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine vert olive foncé, légèrement granuleuse au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête féminine de trois quarts de face à gauche avec la taenia, les cheveux flottants au vent.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Crevette debout à gauche, ; six globules au-dessus.
Reverse legend : IME.
Reverse translation : (Himère).

Commentary


Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente. Pour ce type, O. Hoover a recensé des diamètres de 12 à 15 mm pour une masse pondérale de 1,49 g à 1,82 g.

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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