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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Kamarina| > GI93439
Kamarina, Sicily, 420 - 405 B.C.
|Kamarina|, |Kamarina,| |Sicily,| |420| |-| |405| |B.C.|, Kamarina was suffering a plague. A marsh north of the city was the suspected source. The town oracle advised them not to drain the marsh, but in 405 B.C., the leaders ignored the advice. Once the marsh was dry, there was nothing to stop the Carthaginian army. They marched across the newly drained marsh, razed the city, and killed every last inhabitant.
GI93439. Bronze onkia, Westermark-Jenkins, type A, 177; Calciati III, p. 48, 4; BMC Sicily p. 40, 41; HGC 2 552 (R1); SNG Cop -; SNG ANS -, VF/aVF, green patina, earthen deposits, scratches, Kamarina (near Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy) mint, weight 1.053g, maximum diameter 12.7mm, die axis 270o, 420 - 405 B.C.; obverse facing head of Medusa (gorgoneion), smooth neat hair tied with ribbon, symmetrical locks on forehead, protruding tongue; reverse KAMA (upward on left), owl standing right on right leg, head facing, lizard with head down in left talon, A (control mark) right, one pellet (mark of value) in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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