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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Himera |
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| Year | 455 BC - 440 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (20) |
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| Obverse lettering | IMEPAION |
| Reverse description | The nymph Himera stands facing, her head turned to the left, pouring a libation from a patera over a flaming altar positioned to her left. To the right, a satyr crouches and bathes beneath a fountain fitted with a lion-headed spout, a direct allusion to the thermal springs sacred to Himera after which the city was named. A four-spoked wheel appears in the upper right field, serving as an emblematic device. The scene is rendered in a style consistent with early Classical Sicilian die-engraving, combining mythological and topographical symbolism in a balanced, narrative composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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