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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Himera |
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| Year | 440 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | A nude, prancing horse standing to the right within a dotted border, rendered in high relief in the Early Classical style. The horse is depicted with fine anatomical detail, its mane flowing and tail raised, conveying vitality and movement. A palm tree or branch element appears in the right field behind the horse. The composition is framed by a beaded inner border, with no legend present on this face. |
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| Reverse description | A standing female figure, identified as the nymph Himera, faces left in full-length chiton and himation, rendered in the Early Classical style with finely incised drapery folds arranged in a distinctive lozenge pattern. She extends her right arm forward, pouring a libation from a phiale over a flaming altar at the lower left, while a lion crouches at her feet to the right. The legend IMEPAION appears in the field, identifying the city of Himera. The scene is of exceptional artistic quality, reflecting the high-relief engraving characteristic of Sicilian coinage of the period. |
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| Mint | Himera |
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