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SICILY, SILVER TETRADRACHM OF KAMARINA, ca. 425-405 BC, 16.465g, 12h. Westermark & Jenkins 142.43 (this coin). Rare. Old cabinet tone. Choice very fine. Robert Myers 1974 (9) lot 33; former Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), John Ward (1832-1912) and Edward Bunbury (1811-1895) collections
The brief series of Kamarina's tetradrachms, only 20 years, coincides with the period of the City's maximum splendour. It consists of only 13 obverse and 21 reverse dies. The representations on both remain largely unchanged on all the emissions: a quadriga driven by Athena and a head of Herakles wearing lion skin. This conjunction recalls the apotheosis of Herakles, a popular subject in Greek vase painting.
The brief series of Kamarina's tetradrachms, only 20 years, coincides with the period of the City's maximum splendour. It consists of only 13 obverse and 21 reverse dies. The representations on both remain largely unchanged on all the emissions: a quadriga driven by Athena and a head of Herakles wearing lion skin. This conjunction recalls the apotheosis of Herakles, a popular subject in Greek vase painting.