Watch List notes:

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Hexas (Bronze, 14 mm, 2.60 g, 9 h), circa 410-405. Head of Arethusa to left, her hair bound in sphendone. Rev. Octopus with entwined central tentacles. CNS II, 14. HGC 2, 1430. An attractive example with a beautiful reverse. The obverse corroded, otherwise, good very fine.


From a Swiss collection, formed in Ticino from the 1970s to 2000s.