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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2306489, member: 57495&quot;]This coin won&#039;t reach me till sometime in January (hopefully), but I thought it would be appropriate to share it now.&nbsp; I&#039;d been actively looking for one of these owl-grasping-hapless-lizard coins of Kamarina since the beginning of the year, so it was fitting that the win of this beautiful example caps my 2015 purchases <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464150[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>SICILY, Kamarina</b></p><p>Circa 420-405 BC</p><p>AE Tetras or Trionkion</p><p>3.39g, 14.5mm</p><p>Westermark &amp; Jenkins Period 3, 204; CNS 40; HGC 2, 550</p><p>O: Helmeted head of Athena left; olive spray to left.</p><p>R: [K-A-]MA, Owl standing facing, wings spread, grasping lizard; three pellets (mark of value) in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Camerata Romeu Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin belongs to a brief two-decade period (425-405 BC) when Kamarina produced a wonderful group of coins - majestic, masterful tetradrachms and other silver issues, and a series of charming, instantly recognizable bronzes.&nbsp; Of the bronzes, this one with the spread-winged owl is rare, but the others varieties and denominations with the closed-wing owl and/or gorgoneion obverse are equally attractive and hopefully, I&#039;ll have an example of those join my collection in 2016. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Feel free to share your Kamarina coins or your favorite owl coins! </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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