Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Himera (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	440 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Srebro
Weight	17.68 g
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 387302
References	Gutmann&Schwabacher# 3 Friederike Gutmann, Willy Schwabacher; 1929. Die Tetradrachmen- und Didrachmenprägung von Himera (472-409 v. Chr.). Kress & Hornung. , AMB Basel# 302 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , BostonMFA# 252 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , BMC Greek# 31 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , Gillet# 430 . Charles Gillet Collection.

Obverse

Powolna kwadryga prowadzona w lewo przez rydwanu trzymającego lejce i kentron; w polu powyżej Nike lecąca w prawo, aby go ukoronować. Automatically translated

Reverse

Nimfa Himera, ubrana w długi chiton i himation, stoi przodem i twarzą w lewo, trzymając w prawej ręce paterę, z której wylewa libację na płonący ołtarz. Po prawej, brodaty satyr kąpiący się w basenie fontanny, jego klatkę piersiową oblewa strumień wody wydobywający się z wylewki w kształcie głowy lwa. W prawym górnym polu napis IMEPAION. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

The nymph Himera, wearing long chiton and himation, standing to front and facing left, holding in her right hand a patera from which she pours a libation over a flaming altar. To right, a bearded satyr bathing in a fountain basin, his chest doused by a jet of water emanating from a spout in the shape of a lion’s head. In upper right field, IMEPAION.

Script: grecki

Lettering: IMEPAION

Mint

Himera, Sicily, Italy

Comments

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (-440)							$ 9000

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Examples of the type

BMC Greek (Sicily) p. 78, 31

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 126 Lot 20	17 Nov 2021	VF	USD 7603.20 (CHF 6000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Morton & Eden 51, 2011, Exceptional Greek coins, 34 and Morton & Eden 86, 2017, 4; from the Charles Gillet and Herman Robinow collections = Gillet 430
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 54 Lot 36	24 Mar 2010	VF	USD 15 206.41 (CHF 12 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex NAC 13, 1998, 302 = AMB Basel 302
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG