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SICILY, Thermai Himeraiai. Circa 367-330 BC. Æ Hexas(?) (13mm, 2.66 g, 4h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Head of Hera right, wearing stephanos. Campana 6B; CNS 4; HGC 2, 1625. Brown patina, light roughness, a couple flan flaws. VF.
From the L.H. Collection.
The city of Thermai Himeraiai was founded by Carthage using Punic settlers and the survivors of the original city of Himera that Carthage had destroyed in her campaigns against Selinos and Himera in the Second Sicilian War (410-404 BC). The new city was subject to Punic rule and this continued until the city surrendered to Rome towards the end of the First Punic War.
From the L.H. Collection.
The city of Thermai Himeraiai was founded by Carthage using Punic settlers and the survivors of the original city of Himera that Carthage had destroyed in her campaigns against Selinos and Himera in the Second Sicilian War (410-404 BC). The new city was subject to Punic rule and this continued until the city surrendered to Rome towards the end of the First Punic War.