12 Litrai - Fifth Democracy

Obverse description	Helmeted head of Athena facing left, the goddess depicted with a single-pendant earring and necklace at the throat, the aegis draped across the shoulder. The crested Corinthian helmet is adorned with a coiled serpent on the bowl, a characteristic decorative element of Syracusan die-work of the Fifth Democracy period. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the accomplished Hellenistic engraving tradition associated with late Syracusan silver coinage.
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Reverse description	Full-length figure of Artemis standing left in the act of drawing an arrow from her quiver and leveling her bow; at her side, a hound springs leftward in pursuit, lending dynamism to the composition. The legend ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ appears to the right of the figure, while the letters XAP are placed to the left, likely a magistrate's signature or mint control mark. The rendering of Artemis as a huntress, accompanied by her hound, is characteristic of the civic iconography adopted by Syracuse during the final phase of its independence. The scene is executed with confident die-cutting consistent with the high artistic standards of Syracusan silver of the early second century BC.
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Reverse lettering	XAP ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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