Jeton - Région autonome de Sicile ND front Jeton - Région autonome de Sicile ND back
Jeton - Région autonome de Sicile ND photo
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Jeton - Région autonome de Sicile ND

 
Nordic gold 13 g 34 mm
Description
Location
Italy
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Composition
Nordic gold
Weight
13 g
Diameter
34 mm
Thickness
2.4 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-12
References
Numista
N#370290
Rarity index
92%

Reverse

The triskel, emblem of Sicily since antiquity, is also called Trinacria. It represents a woman's head (Medusa, one of the three Gorgons), winged and topped with a knot of snakes and ears of wheat, from which radiate three bent legs, as if seized in full run.
The ears of wheat were added to the snakes by the Romans, both as a symbol of fertility and because Sicily was Rome's granary.
This symbol first appeared on Syracuse coins in the 3rd century BC.

Lettering:
REGIONE AUTONOMA SICILIANA
TRINACRIA
SICILIAN AUTONOMOUS REGIONE

Edge

Reeded