Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetras (Bronze, 18 mm, 4.24 g, 3 h), circa 415-410. Head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and plain necklace and with her hair pulled up and tied in a knot at the top of her head; to left and right, two dolphins swimming downwards. Rev. Octopus with three pellets around. Basel 445 (this coin). Boehringer 613-622. CNS II, 1. SNG ANS 376. Some uncleaned deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


From the Kleinkunst Collection and from the collection of A. D. Moretti, Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 445.