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bgr_511611 - SICILY - HIMERA Litra

SICILY - HIMERA Litra VF/XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 470.00 €
Type : Litra
Date: c. 405 - 383/382 AC.
Mint name / Town : Himère, Sicile
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 0,70 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré. Frappe molle et faible au droit. Très joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection B. Odaert

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Athéna debout de face casquée et drapée, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche (palladium).

Reverse


Reverse description : Tête d’Héraklès à droite coiffée de la léonté ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : IMERA.

Commentary


Poids léger. Ce monnayage semble être un des plus rares de la ville d’Himère, est anachronique au cœur du Ve siècle avant J.-C.

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.

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