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Tetras
| Issuer | Kefra |
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| Year | 200 BC - 150 BC |
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| Value | Tetras (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Poseidon facing right, rendered in archaic Sicilian style with coarse but expressive die work. A trident is visible resting over the deity's right shoulder, serving as the principal divine attribute. The flan is irregular and the surfaces heavily patinated, consistent with hammered bronze coinage of this period and region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kefra was a small inland settlement in Sicily whose bronze coinage was produced in limited quantities during a period when Roman administrative consolidation was steadily absorbing the island's autonomous communities. Issues from minor Sicilian mints of this period are frequently misattributed or lumped into broader regional groupings; the CNS attribution here is specific enough to be taken seriously, but the total surviving population of Kefra bronzes remains extremely small.