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Hemilitra
| Issuer | Himera |
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| Year | 420 BC - 410 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | Nude male rider, identified as a young horseman, seated bareback on a prancing horse moving to the right; the rider raises one arm and appears to hold a palm branch. A pellet or symbol appears in the left field, and a second small element is visible beneath the horse's hooves. The composition is rendered in a dynamic, late Archaic to early Classical Sicilian style, with a dotted border along the right rim. |
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| Reverse description | Nike (Victory) standing three-quarters to the left, winged and draped in a fine chiton, her wings fully spread behind her; she holds a wreath extended in her right hand toward a large Doric capital or trophy element decorated with a row of pellets arranged in a grape-cluster pattern, possibly representing a cuirass adorned with bosses. The ethnic legend IMEPAION is inscribed in Greek letters along the lower left border within a dotted circular border, identifying the issuing city of Himera. |
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| Mint | Himera |
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