Tetras

Features

Issuer	Himera (Sicily)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	420 BC - 409 BC
Value	Tetras (⅓)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.22 g
Diameter	15 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 572183
References	CNS# 31 Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes). , BMC Greek# 52 British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes). , SNG ANS 5# 1339 Denyse Bérend; 1988. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 5. Sicily 3 (Syracuse-Siceliotes). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , HGC 2# 475 Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Obverse

Nude rider on goat left, holding whip and conch; below, three pellets.

Reverse

Nike flying left, holding aphlaston.

Mint

Himera, Sicily, Italy

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (420 BC - 409 BC)						$ 58	$ 120

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Tauler & Fau Auction 162 Lot 126	28 Oct 2025	VF	USD 69.15 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Tauler & Fau Subastas
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 5 Lot 23	7 Jul 2013	VF	USD 69.15 (EUR 60.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	Bertolami Fine Arts E-Auction 77 Lot 198	1 Dec 2019	VF	USD 320.23 (GBP 240.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 48 Lot 1023	24 May 2019	VF	USD 368.79 (EUR 320.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 225 Lot 1142	14 Oct 2014	VF	USD 184.39 (EUR 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Münzen & Medaillen AG, Basel, List 468 (1984), 8
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Roma Numismatics May 2013 Auction Lot 83	21 May 2013	VF	USD 106.74 (GBP 80.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Künker Auction 216 Lot 130	8 Oct 2012	VF	USD 121.01 (EUR 105.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 17 Lot 207	4 Oct 2005	VF	USD 115.25 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sternberg XXXI, Zurich 1996, No. 495
© Münzen & Medaillen GmbH
	H. D. Rauch Summer Auction 2012 Lot 117	20 Sep 2012	VF	USD 103.72 (EUR 90.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© H. D. Rauch
	Numismatik Lanz Auction 153 Lot 61	12 Dec 2011	VF	USD 288.11 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Lanz Auctions