SICILY. Himera. Circa 480-470 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 18.5 mm, 8.59 g, 6 h). ΗΙΜΕRΑ Cock standing to left. Rev. Crab with annulet at the center of its shell; all within shallow circular incuse. Bucetti 17. SNG ANS 159 ( same dies ). Westermark, Himera 52.2 (O10/R45, this coin ). Lightly toned and with some luster, a most attractive coin. Some minor striking flatness, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Künker 35, 11 March 1997, 69, Münzen und Medaillen FPL 584, March 1995, 19, Schweizerischer Bankverein 35, 13 September 1994, 15 and from the collection of N. B. Hunt, IV, Sotheby's 19-20 June 1991, 67.