Tetradrachm

Kamarina was destroyed twice — first by Syracuse in 552 BC, then rebuilt, then razed again by Carthage in 405 BC. This tetradrachm falls within the city's final flowering before that Carthaginian destruction ended its mint permanently. The brief window between roughly 425 and 405 produced some of the most accomplished engraving in all of Sicilian coinage, with local die cutters working in a tradition heavily influenced by, yet distinct from, the great Syracuse workshops.

The 405 BC terminus is absolute. No tetradrachms were struck after Himilco's forces took the city.