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Æ12
| Issuer | Kefra |
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| Year | 300 BC - 241 BC |
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| Weight | 1.52 g |
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| Reverse description | A fish depicted in right profile, rendered naturalistically in low relief with clearly articulated dorsal and pectoral fins, a scaled body, and a rounded snout. The creature occupies the full width of the flan, set within a plain, undecorated field. The style is consistent with Sicilian bronze coinage of the late Classical period, in which marine fauna served as civic emblems. No legend or exergual inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 241 BC) |
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Kefra was a small mint in ancient Sicily, its output modest and its civic autonomy fragile during the prolonged Carthaginian-Roman contest for the island. Most issues from sites this size ceased abruptly — not through policy, but through destruction or absorption — which explains why the date range on these bronzes is inferred rather than fixed.