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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.615
Title
Tetradrachm of Himera
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
430 BCE-420 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Himera (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/189638

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
16.6 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ratto, 26 Apr. 1909, 1181 = J. Hirsch 18, 27 May 1907, 2249

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Gutmann-Schwabacher Tdr. 16, i (this coin)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.615
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: IMERAION (retrograde, but obliterated) in exergue. Quadriga driven by male charioteer crowned by Nike. Border of dots.
Rev.: Nymph Himera standing l. pouring a libation on an altar from a patera in r. hand; to l., altar and grain ear; to r., small satyr standing in the basin, bending backward to receive water from fountain in shape of a lion's head.

Verification Level

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