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Shop Sicilian Bronze Trias from Camarina (about 2425-2435 years ago)
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Sicilian Bronze Trias from Camarina (about 2425-2435 years ago)

Sale Price:$191.25 Original Price:$225.00
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This bronze coin was minted in the Greek colony of Camarina on the southern coast of Sicily during the turbulent period of the Peloponnesian War. As a modest denomination in the city's bronze currency system, the trias would have been used for everyday small transactions in local markets.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Gorgon's head (Medusa) facing forward with snakes for hair

  • Back side: Owl standing right with head facing forward, holding lizard in left claw; Greek letters "KAMA" (abbreviated city name); three pellets (dots) in exergue (bottom section) indicating value

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition, weighing 3.64 grams

  • Trias denomination (worth 1/3 of a unit in the Sicilian Greek bronze system)

  • References: Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var.

  • No certification mentioned

  • Date: 413-405 BCE

  • Condition: Not specified

Historical Significance:

Camarina was a prosperous Greek colony on Sicily's southern coast that frequently found itself caught between the competing powers of Syracuse, Carthage, and Athens. This coin was struck during the city's final period of independence shortly after the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily. The gorgon was a common protective symbol in Greek culture, while the owl with lizard was likely connected to local religious beliefs. The three dots identify this as a trias (third) denomination.

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This bronze coin was minted in the Greek colony of Camarina on the southern coast of Sicily during the turbulent period of the Peloponnesian War. As a modest denomination in the city's bronze currency system, the trias would have been used for everyday small transactions in local markets.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Gorgon's head (Medusa) facing forward with snakes for hair

  • Back side: Owl standing right with head facing forward, holding lizard in left claw; Greek letters "KAMA" (abbreviated city name); three pellets (dots) in exergue (bottom section) indicating value

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition, weighing 3.64 grams

  • Trias denomination (worth 1/3 of a unit in the Sicilian Greek bronze system)

  • References: Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var.

  • No certification mentioned

  • Date: 413-405 BCE

  • Condition: Not specified

Historical Significance:

Camarina was a prosperous Greek colony on Sicily's southern coast that frequently found itself caught between the competing powers of Syracuse, Carthage, and Athens. This coin was struck during the city's final period of independence shortly after the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily. The gorgon was a common protective symbol in Greek culture, while the owl with lizard was likely connected to local religious beliefs. The three dots identify this as a trias (third) denomination.

This bronze coin was minted in the Greek colony of Camarina on the southern coast of Sicily during the turbulent period of the Peloponnesian War. As a modest denomination in the city's bronze currency system, the trias would have been used for everyday small transactions in local markets.

Coin Description:

  • Front side: Gorgon's head (Medusa) facing forward with snakes for hair

  • Back side: Owl standing right with head facing forward, holding lizard in left claw; Greek letters "KAMA" (abbreviated city name); three pellets (dots) in exergue (bottom section) indicating value

Technical Details:

  • Bronze composition, weighing 3.64 grams

  • Trias denomination (worth 1/3 of a unit in the Sicilian Greek bronze system)

  • References: Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var.

  • No certification mentioned

  • Date: 413-405 BCE

  • Condition: Not specified

Historical Significance:

Camarina was a prosperous Greek colony on Sicily's southern coast that frequently found itself caught between the competing powers of Syracuse, Carthage, and Athens. This coin was struck during the city's final period of independence shortly after the disastrous Athenian expedition to Sicily. The gorgon was a common protective symbol in Greek culture, while the owl with lizard was likely connected to local religious beliefs. The three dots identify this as a trias (third) denomination.

Kamarina or Camarina (Ancient Greek: Καμάρινα) was an ancient city on the southern coast of Sicily in Magna Graecia. The ruins of the site and an archaeological museum are located south of the modern town of Scoglitti, a frazione (borough) of the comune (municipality) of Vittoria in the province of Ragusa.

The city of Camarina was located 112 km west of Syracuse, between the rivers Hipparis and Oanis and on the south bank of Hipparis which also acted as a moat for the city. It had two harbours at the river mouths but not big enough to accommodate a large fleet and ships had to be beached on the shore. The land north of the river originally contained marshes, which would have caused difficulty for invaders.

It was founded in Magna Graecia by Syracuse in 599 BC, but after it rebelled against its mother city with the aid of the Sicels, it was sacked in 552 BC, rejoining the Syracuse domain.[1] Camarina rebelled again in 492 BC and Hippocrates of Gela (498-491 BC) intervened to wage war against Syracuse. After defeating the Syracusan army at the Heloros river, he besieged the city but was persuaded to retreat in exchange for possession of Camarina.

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