Trias

Segesta's bronze coinage of this period was struck under extraordinary political pressure. The city had been locked in a long conflict with Selinus, and around 409 BC successfully appealed to Carthage for military intervention — a gambit that resulted in Selinus being razed and, shortly after, Himera suffering the same fate. These bronzes were being produced precisely as Carthaginian forces reshaped western Sicily around Segesta's interests, making the city briefly the most consequential Elymian power on the island.

The trias denomination, worth three onkiai in the Sicilian bronze system, was the workhorse of small local exchange.