Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 120 6-7 Oct 2020
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Himera
Tetradrachm before 405, AR 17.46 g. Fast quadriga driven r. by nymph Himera; above Nike flying l. to crown her with r. hand, while holding with her l. a tablet inscribed MAI. In exergue, hippocamp l. Rev. [IMEPAION] retrograde The nymph Himera, wearing kiton and peplos, standing to front and facing l.; she holds patera in r. hand sacrificing over altar with square horns, while her l. arm is extended with an open hand. To r., bearded Satyr facing, bathing in fountain basin, water emanating from a spout in the shape of a lion's head. In exergue, [II]. Rizzo pl. XXI, 23 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 22,71 (these dies). C.A. Biucchi, Q. Tic 17, 1988, 22 (these dies). Gutmann-Schwabacher 20 (these dies). C. Boehringer, Essay Kraay-Mørkholm, Himera im IV Jahrhundert V. Chr., pl. VII, 9 (these dies).
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Superior 1 December 1980, 1936 and Künker 236, 2013, 346 sales.
Tetradrachm before 405, AR 17.46 g. Fast quadriga driven r. by nymph Himera; above Nike flying l. to crown her with r. hand, while holding with her l. a tablet inscribed MAI. In exergue, hippocamp l. Rev. [IMEPAION] retrograde The nymph Himera, wearing kiton and peplos, standing to front and facing l.; she holds patera in r. hand sacrificing over altar with square horns, while her l. arm is extended with an open hand. To r., bearded Satyr facing, bathing in fountain basin, water emanating from a spout in the shape of a lion's head. In exergue, [II]. Rizzo pl. XXI, 23 (these dies). Kraay-Hirmer pl. 22,71 (these dies). C.A. Biucchi, Q. Tic 17, 1988, 22 (these dies). Gutmann-Schwabacher 20 (these dies). C. Boehringer, Essay Kraay-Mørkholm, Himera im IV Jahrhundert V. Chr., pl. VII, 9 (these dies).
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Superior 1 December 1980, 1936 and Künker 236, 2013, 346 sales.