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Himera 420-415 BC AE tetras 1.98 g 1.53 cm 1.53 cm

obverse: goat rider l blowing shell, 3 pellets and barley corn beneath
reverse: Nike flying l holding filleted aphlaston and chiton HIMEPAION
Calciati CNS I p43 31, Hoover HCS 475
sa JEAN ELSEN sa, Auction 76 (2003) no. 49 

aphlaston or aslustre - The ornament rising above the stern of ancient ships.