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Syracuse, Second Democracy
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415-405 BC
AE Hemilitron (16mm, 4.59g)
O: Head of Arethusa left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace and sphendone.
R: Quadripartite incuse, eight-rayed star within incuse at center.
HGC 2, 1481; Sear 1185; CNS II, 16; SNG ANS 398
ex Aegean Numismatics
Arethusa was the Goddess of the local spring at Ortygia, the heart of Syracuse.
A special coin from a very dear friend.
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