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bgr_712582 - SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron

SICILY - HIMERA Hemilitron VF
100.00 €(Approx. 108.00$ | 86.00£)
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Type : Hemilitron
Date: c. 420-415
Mint name / Town : Himère, Sicile
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière, qui reste bien identifiable. Patine foncée

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Cavalier nu (Pan) à droite sur une chèvre passant à droite, soufflant dans un conque de la main droite et tenant le lagobolon de la main gauche, le manteau flottant au vent ; entre les jambes du cheval, un casque corinthien à droite ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse


Reverse description : Niké volant à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant un aplustre (aphlaston) de la main droite tendue et un chiton de la main gauche qui pend derrière elle ; dans le champ à gauche, six globules posés verticalement trois par trois ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : [IMERAIWN].
Reverse translation : (d’Himère).

Commentary


Pour ce ce type, g. Buceti a recensé vingt-trois exemplaires avec des poids compris entre 5,51 g et 8,20 g.

Historical background


SICILY - HIMERA

(5th - 4th 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. After the destruction of Himera by the Carthaginians, the city was deserted and its population was put to death or deported. However two years later, refugees returned to the deserted territory of Himera although a new city was founded, Thermai, the two entities having a distinct existence. However, this new foundation never regained the luster of the old.

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