CoinsGreek5th century BCE
Tetradrachm of Himera
460 BCE-450 BCE
Description
Obv.: Biga of horses at the walk to r., driven by a bearded male charioteer holding a kentron (whip) in his right hand and the reins in his left. In exergue pine branch with cone. Rev.: Female figure standing facing to r. draped in a himation (nymph Himera).
Dimensions
17.42 g
Provenance
In the collection of Prince Christian August von Waldeck (1744 -1798) of Arolsen, Germany; sold through [Munzhandlung Basel], 8,22-23 March 1937, lot 110, to Fredercikk Mundell Watkins;bequeathed to H/AM 1972. The coin was mentioned in Joseph H. Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum, Vol I 1792, p.213.
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