Sicily, Himera AR Tetradrachm. Circa 440-430 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga to right, Nike above, flying to left to crown charioteer; ΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ in exergue / The nymph Himera, wearing chiton and himation, standing facing with outstretched arms, head left, holding a patera over a lighted altar; behind, a naked, bearded and bald Silenos bathing in a rectangular trough fed by a lion's head spout. Gutmann and Schwabacher, MBNG XLVII (1929), 111, 15 (same dies); SNG ANS 165 (same dies). 17.35g, 28mm, 6h. Minor spots of corrosion on obv., otherwise Good Very Fine - Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the David Freedman Collection; Ex Hess-Divo 320, 26 October 2011, lot 24.
Sicily, Himera AR Tetradrachm. Circa 440-430 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving quadriga to right, Nike above, flying to left to crown charioteer; ΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ in exergue / The nymph Himera, wearing chiton and himation, standing facing with outstretched arms, head left, holding a patera over a lighted altar; behind, a naked, bearded and bald Silenos bathing in a rectangular trough fed by a lion's head spout. Gutmann and Schwabacher, MBNG XLVII (1929), 111, 15 (same dies); SNG ANS 165 (same dies). 17.35g, 28mm, 6h. Minor spots of corrosion on obv., otherwise Good Very Fine - Extremely Fine. Very Rare. From the David Freedman Collection; Ex Hess-Divo 320, 26 October 2011, lot 24.
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