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| Issuer | Himera |
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| Year | 420 BC - 407 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the winged goddess of victory, striding to the left in three-quarter view, her large spread wings prominently displayed behind her draped figure. She holds a wreath or fillet in her extended left hand and a palm branch or similar attribute in her right, rendered in the fine Sicilian engraving tradition of the late fifth century BC. The ethnic inscription HIMERAION appears in the field in retrograde Greek characters, identifying the issuing city of Himera. The figure's garments are rendered with delicate incised folds, and the overall composition is enclosed within the irregular hammered flan. |
| Reverse script | Ancient Greek |
| Reverse lettering | HIMERAION (retrograde) |
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