CNG 93, Lot: 51. Estimate $7500. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Himera. Circa 483/2-472/1 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 8.62 g, 5h). Cock standing left; HIMERA to left / Crab within shallow incuse circle. Westermark, Himera 24 (O6/R21); HGC 2, 438; SNG Fitzwilliam 1022 (same dies). EF, toned.

Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 110.

This coinage was struck during the period when Himera was under the control of the Emmenid tyrants of Akragas. Theron ruled from 483/2 BC until his death in 473, when his son, Thrasidaios, briefly took control of the cities, before his despotic rule resulted in his overthrow circa 472/1 BC.