Until the find at Ermitsi of stamped roof-tiles bearing the inscription (P)eirasi(eōn) ("of the Peirasieans"),[4] the site of Peirasia was generally assumed to be at Vlochos[5] or Sykeona.[6] The site at Ermitsi is that of a large multi-period tellormagoula, upon the present village is located. Excavations on and around the tell by the Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa have yielded finds of the Neolithic until the Hellenistic period.[7] The layout of the ancient settlement is unknown as it is nearly completely covered by modern buildings and houses.
Peirasia struck coins in the 4th century BC, depicting Athena Itonia on the obverse, and a horseman on the reverse, with the legend Peirasieōn.[8][6]
^"Peirasia". Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. J. B. Metzler. 1937.
^ abJean-Claude Decourt, Thomas Heine Nielsen & Bruno Helly (2004). "Thessaly and Adjacent Regions". In Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen (ed.). An inventory of Archaic and Classical poleis. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 700. ISBN0-19-814099-1.
