Sicily, City of Syracuse, Bronze Unit (Two Dolphins) - c. 400 BCE - Greek Italy

Includes glass top leatherette display box.

• Origin: Magna Graecia (the Greek region of southern Italy), island of Sicily
• Authority: City of Syracuse
• Date: c. 400 BCE
• Denomination: AE (bronze) unit
• Mint: Syracuse
• Size: 16mm, 3.3g
• Obverse: Head of Arethusa left
• Reverse: ΣY-ΡA, four-spoked wheel; two dolphins in lower spaces
• Notes: In Greek mythology, Arethusa was a nymph who fled from her home in Arcadia beneath the sea and came up as a fresh water fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.

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