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Litra
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 410 BC - 400 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Head of Arethusa facing left, her hair elaborately dressed in a sakkos tied at the nape with a large bow, with loose curls framing the face; a dolphin leaps upward before her chin. The effigy is rendered in fine archaic-to-early classical style, enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΣY |
| Reverse description | Octopus depicted facing, its eight tentacles curling outward symmetrically to fill the circular field, rendered with strong relief and naturalistic detail. The design is enclosed within a plain linear border, with no legend present. The octopus was a characteristic marine emblem on Syracusan small silver coinage of this period. |
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