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v25_0028 - SICILY - HIMERA Drachme

SICILY - HIMERA Drachme VF
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 376.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 376.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 482-472 AC.
Mint name / Town : Himère
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,34 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré sur un petit flan avec argent corné. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Coq debout à gauche.

Reverse


Reverse description : Crabe.
Reverse legend : [HIMERA].

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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