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Onkia
| Uitgever | Himera (Sicily) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 425 BC - 409 BC |
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| Samenstelling | Bronze |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Facing gorgoneion rendered in archaic style, filling the flan; the apotropaic mask displays wide-set almond-shaped eyes with raised pupils, a broad flat nose, and an open grinning mouth with visible teeth, framed by coiling serpentine locks of hair radiating around the periphery. The deeply modelled relief conveys the characteristic apotropaic intensity associated with Sicilian coinage of this period. |
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| Rand | Plain |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Himera's bronze coinage of this period was struck in the decades following the city's dramatic role in the 480 BC battle against Carthage — a victory celebrated across the Greek world. The onkia, worth one-twelfth of a litra, represents Himera's attempt to sustain a functioning small-denomination economy in bronze, a relatively new monetary technology for Sicilian Greek cities at the time.
The city never struck another coin after 409 BC. That year, Hannibal Mago's Carthaginian forces razed Himera entirely, massacring a large portion of its population in reprisal for the 480 defeat — a generational vendetta fulfilled in fire.