Syracuse, Second Democracy; Arethusa/star
Description:
Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy, 466 - 405 BC. AE Hemilitron, struck circa 415-405 BC. Head of Arethusa left / Sixteen-pointed star in center of a quadripartite incuse.
Diameter:
AE19 mm
Weight:
4,92 g
Grade:
gVF/gVF
Attribution:
CNS II, 18; SNG ANS 394-397; HGC 2
Commentary:
attractive brown patina, sharp details
History:
The name "Sicily" comes from the Sicles - an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
Article Number:
003-01-03-41652