Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3454 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $250
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SICILY, Himera, (410-400 B.C.), Copper hemilitron, (16.166 grams), obv. facing Gorgoneia or Gorgon head, rev. six pellets, (S.1105, Weber 1356, SNG Cop. 313, McLean 2305). Dark brown patina, nearly very fine/very fine and rare.
Kraay (The Bronze Coinage of Himera and 'Himera' in Annali dell'Istituto Italano di Numismatica Sup. to volume 25, Naples 1979), discusses the chronology of this series in conjunction with the similar coinage of Panormus (see example in this sale) and places the issue in the last decade of the 5th century. He lists the weight of 71 examples in public and private collections, probably about 100 examples survive today.
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