TYPE Ancient Greece, Syracuse (Sicily), 474-450 BC, silver litra
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair turned up behind under diadem of beads, Greek legend SYRA
Rev: Octopus
REFERENCE: SG 929
GRADING: F / F+, dark toning, bit grainy
ORDER INFO: G1432, $72
An affordable silver piece from the oldest period of the artistically famous Syracusan coinage