106, Lot: 19. Estimate $300. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Himera. Tyranny of Theron. Circa 483-472 BC. AR Didrachm (18mm, 8.45 gm). Cock standing left / Crab. Westermark, "Himera: The Coins of the Akragantine Type. 2," in Offerts a Georges Le Rider, 48 (O10/R41); SNG ANS 158-159 (same obverse die); SNG Copenhagen 303 (same obverse die). VF, toned.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Paramount (15 August 1972), lot 3.

In 483 BC Himera was captured by Theron, tyrant of Akragas, and thereafter the crab of Akragas appeared as the reverse type on the coinage of Himera.