Syracuse, Second Democracy; Arethusa/star
180,00 €
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.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE19 |
| Weight [g]: | 4,92 |
| Grade: | gVF/gVF |
| Attribution: | CNS II, 18; SNG ANS 394-397; HGC 2 |
| Commentary: | great coin, good patina, sharp detail - much much better in hand |
Historical Context
The name "Sicily" comes from the Sicles - an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.
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