Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Litra (Silver, 12 mm, 0.62 g, 11 h), circa 466-460. ΣYPA Head of Arethusa to right, wearing necklace and pearl diadem, her hair tied up in a krobylos that is bound up. Rev. Octopus within shallow round incuse. Boehringer Series XIIIa, 419. HGC 2, 1375. Somewhat porous, otherwise, very fine.


From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005.