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Litra
| Issuer | Himera |
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| Year | 470 BC - 450 BC |
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| Value | 1 Litra |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing left, wearing a crested Corinthian-style helmet with raised cheek guards and a prominent neck guard, depicted in bold archaic relief within a dotted border. The facial features are rendered with expressive plasticity characteristic of early Sicilian coinage, with the beard indicated by incised striations. The helmet crest rises prominently above the crown, with fine engraved detail along its length. |
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| Reverse description | A pair of military greaves (leg armour) depicted upright and facing, rendered schematically in the field. The ethnic legend of Himera appears in archaic Greek characters distributed around the devices in the field, reading HIMERAION. The design is set within a plain incuse field typical of early Sicilian silver fractions of the fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ |
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