Sicily, Kamarina; AE Onkia; gorgoneion/owl with lizard
	
			Description:
					Sicily, Kamarina, 425 - 405 BC. AE Onkia. Facing gorgon head, tongue protruding / KAMA; owl standing right, grasping lizard in talons, pellet in exergue (off flan).				
		
		
				
			Diameter:
					AE12 mm
		
	
				
			Weight:
					1,46 g
		
	
				
			Grade:
					gVF/aVF		
	
				
			Attribution:
					Calciati vol III, p. 48, 4/1; BMC Sicily p. 40, 41		
	
				
			Commentary:
					brown patina, some spots, good details		
	
				
			History:
					405 BC Kamarina was destroyed by Carthaginians and restored only much later in 339 BC by Timoleon.		
		
		
		
				
						Article Number:
									037-05-01-41652							
						
		
		
	
							
							
			