Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Litra (Silver, 11 mm, 0.71 g, 8 h), circa 410-405. ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Head of Arethusa to right, wearing simple pendant earring and pearl necklace and with her hair bound by an ampyx in the front and a sphendone in the back; behind her head, dolphin swimming downwards to right. Rev. Octopus with entwined central tentacles. Rizzo pl. XLVII, 14. SNG ANS 282. Very rare. A superb piece, sharply struck and beautifully toned. Extremely fine.


From the M.G. Collection, formed in the 1980s and 1990s.