N° 619 | Ancient Greece Himera (Sicilly) Didrachm 483 - 472 BC (ND)

619 - Ancient Greece Himera (Sicilly) Didrachm 483 - 472 BC (ND)
619 - Ancient Greece Himera (Sicilly) Didrachm 483 - 472 BC (ND)

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Hirsch# 416 Westermark Himera,# O3/R61; Silver 8.41 g.; Obv: Cockerel standing left. Rev: Crab within incuse circle; The name of Himera became closely associated after 480 BC with the great defeat of the Carthaginians in that year, who had fielded an army of 300,000 commanded by Hamilcar Mago but who were soundly beaten outside the very gates of that city by Gelon of Syracuse. Later, in 408 BC the city was razed to the ground and its population slaughtered by Hannibal Mago, apparently to utterly erase any trace of that city where his grandfather had been defeated and killed.; VF+
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