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Tetras
| Issuer | Kefra |
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| Year | 400 BC - 350 BC |
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| Value | Tetras (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Janiform head depicted in facing position at center, presenting two bearded male visages conjoined back-to-back in archaic Sicilian style. The dual heads are rendered with bold, slightly stylized features characteristic of fifth- to fourth-century BC Siculo-Punic bronze coinage. The broad faces display pronounced brows, wide-set eyes, and short beards, with the twin profiles occupying the full field of the flan. No legend or inscription is present on the obverse. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A crab rendered frontally dominates the central field, its carapace and outstretched claws depicted with characteristic Sicilian naturalism. Three pellets are arranged around the crab — two positioned above the carapace flanking the head and one below — serving as value marks denoting the tetras denomination (three onkiai of the litra system). A partial Greek legend appears above in the upper field, partially visible at the rim. The composition is characteristic of indigenous Sicilian bronze issues of the late fifth to mid-fourth century BC. |
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