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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 406 BC - 400 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter facing head of the nymph Arethusa, turned slightly to the left, rendered in the masterful die-engraving style attributed to Kimon. Her hair is arranged in loose flowing tresses, bound across the forehead by an ampyx bearing the engraver's signature K[IMΩ]N. She wears a pearl-drop pendant and a necklace with a collier ornamented with pearls. Three dolphins swim among her locks, with the snout of a fourth emerging to the left from the curls, a hallmark motif of Syracusan coinage. The ethnic legend [AΡEΘOΣA] appears outside the dotted border above, with [ΣΩ] in the left field. |
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| Obverse lettering | KIMΩN ΣΩ AΡEΘOΣA |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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