Tetradrachm
Features
| Issuer |
Himera
(Sicily)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 455 BC - 440 BC |
| Value | Tetradrachm (20) |
| Currency | Litra |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 17.23 g |
| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 418518 |
| References | Gutmann&Schwabacher# 7 Friederike Gutmann, Willy Schwabacher; 1929. Die Tetradrachmen- und Didrachmenprägung von Himera (472-409 v. Chr.). Kress & Hornung. 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.Sidney W. Grose. Fitzwilliam Museum. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Nanteuil# 289 Henri Joseph de la Barre de Nanteuil, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.); 1925. Collection de monnaies grecques H. de Nanteuil. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (2 volumes). Jacob Hirsch. Sammlung Consul Eduard Friedrich Weber. Munich, Bavaria, Germany (2 volumes). John Ward, George Francis Hill; 1902. Greek coins and their parent cities. John Murray, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
(en) The nymph Himera, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning her with wreath held in both her hands; IMEPAION in exergue.
Script: grecki
Lettering: IMEPAION
Reverse
(en) Himera, wearing long chiton, standing facing, head left, holding in right hand a patera over lit altar to left, left hand extended; to right, satyr bathing in fountain with lion-headed spout.
Mint
Himera, Sicily, ItalyComments
(en)
Arnold-Biucchi, Monetazione, Group I, 12.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (455 BC - 440 BC) | 
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$ 2700 | |||||||||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CNG Triton XXVII Lot 40 
|
9 Jan 2024 | XF |
USD 10 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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Ex Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection (Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973), lot 142; John Ward Collection = Ward 163 |
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| © Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. | |||||
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
KünkerAuction 174 Lot 95
|
27 Sep 2010 | VF |
USD 2787.31
(EUR 2400.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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Künker Auction 143 Lot 72
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6 Oct 2008 | VF |
USD 2555.04
(EUR 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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| © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg | |||||
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