CoinsGreek5th century BCE
Tetradrachm of Himera
430 BCE-420 BCE
Description
Obv.: IMERAION (retrograde, but obliterated) in exergue. Quadriga driven by male charioteer crowned by Nike. Border of dots. Rev.: Nymph Himera standing l. pouring a libation on an altar from a patera in r. hand; to l., altar and grain ear; to r., small satyr standing in the basin, bending backward to receive water from fountain in shape of a lion's head.
Dimensions
16.6 g
Provenance
Ratto, 26 Apr. 1909, 1181 = J. Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, 2249
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