Ex Peyrefitte Collection

CNG 100, Lot: 1268. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Himera. Circa 440-430/25 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.24 g, 1h). The nymph Himera, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning her with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, cock standing left within retrograde [I]MEP-AION / Himera standing facing, head left, holding in right hand a patera over altar to left; to upper right, barley grain; to lower right, satyr bathing in fountain with lion-headed spout. Arnold-Biucchi, Monetazione, Group III, 15 (Q4/H12); Gutmann & Schwabacher 10; HGC 2, –; Boston MFA 254 (same dies); de Luynes 976 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XXI, 12 (same dies). Near EF, toned, a hint of porosity, slight die shift, light scratches at edge on obverse. Very rare.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Roger Peyrefitte Collection (Vinchon, 29 April 1974), lot 19; Hess-Leu (16 April 1957), lot 80.