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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Sicily| > |Syracuse| > GB70552
Syracuse, Sicily, Second Democracy, 466 - 405 B.C.
|Syracuse|, |Syracuse,| |Sicily,| |Second| |Democracy,| |466| |-| |405| |B.C.|, Struck during the Second Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC), a titanic struggle between Athens and Sparta that engulfed the entire Greek world, and that ended with the total defeat of Athens and the destruction of her naval empire. Syracuse sided with Sparta against Athens and an Athenian fleet was sent to capture the island. The Spartan general Alcibiades (a former Athenian who had fallen from grace) and a few Spartan troops inspired the Syracusans to fight and defeat the Athenians.
GB70552. Bronze tetras, Calciati II p. 21, 1; SNG ANS 376; SNG Cop 654; SNG Morcom 676; SNG Munchen 1046; BMC Sicily p.163, 126; SGCV I 1184; HGC 2 1428 (S), gVF, fine style, nice green patina, Syracuse mint, weight 6.331g, maximum diameter 16.2mm, die axis 315o, c. 425 - 420 B.C.; obverse ΣYPA, head of nymph Arethusa right, hair drawn back and tied at crown of head, neck flanked on each side by a dolphin with head down; reverse octopus, three pellets around; very scarce; SOLD










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