No.: 100
Estimate: $ 1250
d=26 mm
Bronze, after 241 BC. AE 12.79 g. Veiled bust of Tyche r. with mural crown, in field l., cornucopiae. Rev.
QERMITAN - IMERAIWN The poet Stesichorus standing r., wearing himation, long staff leaning against shoulder; he writes poem by holding wax tablet in his l. hand, pencil in his r. hand. Calciati I, 120, 18. Virzi pl. 35, 1059. Very rare and interesting type. Olive-green patina. Some slight weakness, otherwise
Good very fine
Stesichorus (632-556 BC), the founder of the greek choral lyric poetry, was born in Himera. This city was destroyed in 408 BC by the Carthaginians; the surviving inhabitants were permitted to settle in the neighbourhood and called their new home town Thermae Himerenses. Stesichorus's proper name was Teisias, "Stesichoros" being a nickname refering to his profession, namely master of choirs.