Sicily, Camarina 413-405 BC, Trias, 3.64g.

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Sicily, Camarina 413-405 BC, Trias, 3.64g. Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var. Obverse: Gorgon’s head facing. Reverse: KAMA Owl standing r., head facing, holding lizard in l. claw; three pellets in exergue.

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Sicily, Camarina 413-405 BC, Trias, 3.64g. Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var. Obverse: Gorgon’s head facing. Reverse: KAMA Owl standing r., head facing, holding lizard in l. claw; three pellets in exergue.

Sicily, Camarina 413-405 BC, Trias, 3.64g. Grose-2157, Sear-1062 var. Obverse: Gorgon’s head facing. Reverse: KAMA Owl standing r., head facing, holding lizard in l. claw; three pellets in exergue.

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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