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Replica - Himera Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Himera |
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| Weight | 11.3 g |
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| Obverse description | Quadriga driven at speed to the right, the charioteer holding the reins; above, Nike flying left crowns the horses. In the lower field, a cock standing left flanked by a bunch of grapes to the left and a crab to the right, with a grain ear in the exergue. The composition closely replicates the celebrated tetradrachm type of Himera struck circa 483–472 BC, combining the pan-Sicilian quadriga motif with local civic symbols emblematic of the city. |
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| Reverse description | Standing female figure, facing, rendered in archaic style with striated drapery falling to the feet; the figure is interpreted as a nymph or deity associated with the thermal springs of Himera. The Greek legend IMERA appears to the right of the figure in the field. The coarse granular field surface of this replica imitates the incuse treatment characteristic of early Sicilian coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | IMERA |
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