Kavel 1632

Before 405 BC. AR Tetradrachm [17,35 gm, 24,75 mm]. ΜΑΙ, fast quadriga driven right by nymph Himera; above Nike flying to left to crown her with right hand, while holding with her left a tablet inscribed MAI; hippocamp left in exergue / IMEPAION (retrograde), the nymph Himera, wearing kiton and peplos, standing to front and facing left; she holds patera in right hand sacrificing over altar with square horns, while her left arm is extended with open hands; tot he right bearded Satyr facing, bathing in fountain basin, water emanating from a spout in the shape of a lion’s head, II In exergue,. Rizzo pl. XXI, 23 (these dies); Kraay-Hirmer pl. 22,71 (these dies); C.A. Biucchi, Q. Tic 17, 1988, 22 (these dies); Gutmann-Schwabacher 20 (these dies); C. Boehringer, Essay Kraay-Mørkholm, Himera im IV Jahrhundert V. Chr., pl. VII, 9 (these dies). Lustrous, superb EF.