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Dekadrachm - Second Democracy
| Issuer | Syracuse (Sicily) |
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| Year | 465 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Head of Arethusa facing right, wearing a laurel wreath and a diadem, her hair elaborately arranged with a loose curl falling before her ear; the portrait is enclosed within a circular incuse border formed by dolphins swimming around the periphery. The legend ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ is distributed in segments around the field. The finely modelled facial features display the transitional Severe Style characteristic of early fifth-century Sicilian coinage, with a strong, idealised profile and a calm, regal expression. The dolphins, emblematic of the freshwater spring Arethusa on the island of Ortygia, frame the portrait in a graceful circular arrangement. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣV – RAK – OΣI – ON (Translation: Syracusan) |
| Edge | Plain |
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