archaicwonder:A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BCOn the obverse is the head of
archaicwonder:A Silver Litra of Syracuse, Sicily, struck c. 466-460 BCOn the obverse is the head of the Nereid nymph Arethusa wearing her hair in a pearl band. The letters ΣVRA (SYRA, short for Syracuse) are to her right. On the reverse is an octopus.This coin was struck during the era of the Second Democracy which lasted from 466-405 BC, after the tyrant Thrasybulus was overthrown. -- source link
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