CoinsGreek5th century BCE
Tetradrachm of Himera
430 BCE-420 BCE
Description
Obv. of 1.1965.615 (late state). IMERAION (retrograde; obliterated and partly off flan) in exergue. Quadriga driven by male charioteer crowned by Nike; in front of the horses, grafitto (Phi). Border of dots. Rev.: Nymph Himera standing l. pouring a libation on an altar from a patera in r. hand; to l., altar; to r., grain ear and small satyr standing in the basin, bending backward to receive water from fountain in shape of a lion's head.
Dimensions
17.25 g
Provenance
Robinson coll.
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