Live auction - bgr_781850 - SICILY - HIMERA Litra
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 345 € |
| Maximum bid : | 345 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2023 14:04:06 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
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 vente Bertolami, E61, n°132 et de la collection du docteur 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.
Lightweight. This coinage appears to be one of the rarest in the city of Himera, and is anachronistic in the heart of the 5th century BC.
Lightweight. This coinage appears to be one of the rarest in the city of Himera, and is anachronistic in the heart of the 5th century BC.
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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