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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Himera (Sicily) |
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| Year | 464 BC - 460 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | A quadriga depicted in right-facing profile, with a charioteer standing in the car and holding the reins and a goad; the horses are shown walking to the right, rendered with notable naturalistic detail. In the exergue below the ground line, a palm branch is depicted, a common victory symbol on Sicilian coinage of this period. Above the scene, the Greek legend ΠΕΛΟΨ is inscribed in the upper field. The composition reflects the Early Classical style characteristic of Sicilian die-engravers of the second quarter of the fifth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A draped female figure, identified as the nymph Himera, stands facing right in three-quarter view, rendered in the Early Classical style with finely engraved drapery falling in elegant vertical folds. She holds a long sceptre or torch in her raised right hand, with her left arm extended downward. The figure is depicted with a high-relief modelling characteristic of Sicilian coinage of circa 464–460 BC. To the right of the figure, the ethnic legend ΙΜΕΡΑ is inscribed in retrograde Greek letters in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΙΜΕΡΑ |
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