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SICILY. Himera. Circa 420-409 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 16 mm, 2.00 g, 12 h). ΗΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ (retrograde) Youthful Pan, nude and with tiny horn above his ears, riding left on prancing goat, holding a kerykeion in his left hand and blowing from a conch shell held in his right. Rev. ΝΙΚΑ Nike hovering to left, holding a filleted aphlaston in her right hand and the hem of her chiton in her left. Buceti 25. Jameson 614 (this coin). Rizzo pl. XXI, 19. SNG ANS 170 var. Winterthur 661 var. Very rare. Toned. Rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from a prominent Belgian collection, LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 62, ex Leu Numismatics 81, 16 May 2001, 57 and Bank Leu 20, 25 April 1978, 24, and from the collections of C. Gillet, 435, R. Jameson, 614 and Sir A.J. Evans.
For the type, and its relation to the bronze coins of Himera, see L. Lacroix, La typologie du bronze par rapport a celle de l´argent, Annali 25, Suppl. (1979), pp. 271-276.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from a prominent Belgian collection, LHS 102, 29 April 2008, 62, ex Leu Numismatics 81, 16 May 2001, 57 and Bank Leu 20, 25 April 1978, 24, and from the collections of C. Gillet, 435, R. Jameson, 614 and Sir A.J. Evans.
For the type, and its relation to the bronze coins of Himera, see L. Lacroix, La typologie du bronze par rapport a celle de l´argent, Annali 25, Suppl. (1979), pp. 271-276.