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Onkia
| Issuer | Cephaloedium |
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| Year | 200 BC - 190 BC |
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| Diameter | 12.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Caduceus depicted upright in the center of the field, flanked below by the civic abbreviation ΚΕ ΦΑ (for Kephaloidion), all within a beaded border. The caduceus, a staff entwined with two serpents surmounted by wings, is a common Hellenistic civic emblem. The legend is divided across the lower field, identifying the issuing city of Cephaloedium in northwestern Sicily. |
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| Mint | Cephaloedium (Cefalù, Sicily) |
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Cephaloedium — modern Cefalù, perched on Sicily's northern coast — was a Siculo-Punic settlement that shifted between Carthaginian and Roman spheres of influence across the third century BC. By the time this onkia was struck, the city had been under Roman control following the First Punic War, yet continued issuing its own bronze coinage, a privilege Rome extended selectively to cooperative Sicilian communities as a practical concession to local exchange needs.
The onkia as a denomination represents one-twelfth of an as in the Sicilian bronze weight system.