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Tetradrachm - Second Democracy
| Issuer | Syracuse |
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| Year | 460 BC - 450 BC |
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| Currency | Litra |
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| Reverse description | Head of Arethusa facing right, depicted in three-quarter profile with elaborately rendered hair arranged in fine parallel incised lines and bound with a beaded diadem and a dotted headband; she wears a necklace with a pendant at the throat. Four dolphins swim around her head in the field, framing the portrait — a hallmark motif of Syracusan coinage identifying the nymph with the sacred spring of Arethusa. The inscription ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ runs around the periphery of the coin in Greek letters, identifying the issuing city-state. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ |
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| Mint | Syracuse |
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