Himera Tetradrachm, 440

Tetradrachm from Himera. Issued in 440. Struck in Silver. Measures 0 mm and weighs 17.68 g.

Obverse

Slow quadriga driven left by charioteer holding reins and kentron; in field above, Nike flying right to crown him.

Reverse

The nymph Himera, wearing long chiton and himation, standing to front and facing left, holding in her right hand a patera from which she pours a libation over a flaming altar. To right, a bearded satyr bathing in a fountain basin, his chest doused by a jet of water emanating from a spout in the shape of a lion’s head. In upper right field, IMEPAION.