CVC & Collectables presents a well-preserved bronze tetras (trionkion) from Kamarina, struck during the late Classical period of Sicily. This compact civic bronze features Athena on the obverse and an owl grasping a lizard on the reverse—iconography closely associated with civic identity, wisdom, and local symbolism in western Greek mints.
Coin Highlights
- Issuer: Kamarina (Sicily)
- Date: c. 420–405 BC
- Denomination: AE Tetras (Trionkion, ¼ Litra)
- Metal: Bronze
- Weight: 3.13 g
- Diameter: 14.5 mm
- Mint: Camarina, Sicily
- Technique: Hammered
- Orientation: Variable
- Grade: NGC Choice XF
- Strike / Surface: 5/5 – 3/5
- Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena left, within beaded border
- Reverse: Owl facing left, head facing, clutching a lizard; three pellets in exergue; legend KAMA
- References: Westermark & Jenkins 198–200; SNG ANS 3 1229–1230; SNG Lloyd 882; CNS 33; HGC 2 548; SNG Copenhagen 169; McClean 2160
Collectibility:
Bronze tetras from Kamarina are avidly collected for their compact size, expressive engraving, and distinctive reverse type. Examples graded NGC Choice XF with strong strike and clear devices are increasingly difficult to source, making this piece a desirable representative of Classical Sicilian bronze coinage. Find more alike here!
