TYPE Ancient Greece, Syracuse (Sicily), 440-425 BC, bronze onkia? (AE11) DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Arethusa to right, with hair in korymbos Rev: Octopus REFERENCE: BMC 250, cf. SG 1184 GRADING: AVF, olive green patina ORDER INFO: G1430, $45 While often refered to as a cuttle-fish in catalogs, the clear lack of the the two protruding extra tentacles would indicate that the sea creature on reverse is an octopus