Didrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Himera
(Sicily)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 440 BC - 425 BC |
| Value | Didrachm (10) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 8.68 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 275861 |
| References | Gutmann&Schwabacher# 3 Friederike Gutmann, Willy Schwabacher; 1929. Die Tetradrachmen- und Didrachmenprägung von Himera (472-409 v. Chr.). Kress & Hornung. Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland.Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , HGC 2# 439 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Jacob Hirsch; 1905. Auctions-Catalog einer hochbedeutenden Sammlung Griechischer Münzen: aus dem Nachlasse eines bekannten Archäologen = Auctions catalog of a highly important collection of Greek coins. Munich, Bavaria, Germany.Naville & Cie (publisher); 1920. Monnaies grecques antiques: Provenant de la collection de feu le prof. S. Pozzi = Ancient Greek coins. Naville & Cie, Luzern, Switzerland. , BMC Greek# 36 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). |
Obverse
Nagi młodzieniec przygotowujący się do zejścia z konia galopującego w lewo, trzymający grzywę konia prawą ręką i wodze lewą, całe ciało po lewej stronie konia; w exergue, ΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ retrograde
Script: grecki (wsteczny)
Lettering: ΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ
Reverse
Nimfa Himera, ubrana w długi chiton i himation, stojąca przodem, zwrócona lekko w lewo, trzymająca phiale w prawej ręce i unosząca lewą; u jej stóp po lewej, płonący ołtarz; powyżej po lewej, ziarno jęczmienia; u jej stóp po prawej, kerykeion spleciony z taenią; w exergue, ΣΟΤΕΡ retrograde
Script: grecki
Lettering: ΣΟΤΕΡ
Mint
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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$ 680 | $ 9200 | ||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
Past sales
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Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 155 
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30 Jul 2025 | VF |
USD 9501.13
(CHF 7500.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Sternberg sale 18, 1986, 33 |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 154 Lot 1072
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19 May 2025 | VF |
USD 16 468.62
(CHF 13 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Nomos AG Auction 21 Lot 69
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21 Nov 2020 | VF |
USD 12 262.79
(CHF 9680.00) (incl. buyer's premium) |
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Ex Leu Numismatics 65, 21 May 1996, 73 and Schweizerischer Bankverein Zürich 2, 27 October 1977, 69 |
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Nomos AG Auction 32 Lot 82
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8 Jun 2024 | VF |
USD 5067.27
(CHF 4000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Triton IV, 5 December 2000, 88 and from the collections of R. Jameson and Sir A. J. Evans |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
CNGElectronic Auction 563 Lot 38
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5 Jun 2024 | F |
USD 400.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Leu Numismatik Web Auction 25 Lot 153
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11 Mar 2023 | F |
USD 1013.45
(CHF 800.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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