TYPE Ancient Greece, Syracuse (Sicily), 425 to 4th c. BC, bronze onkia? (AE14)
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Head of Arethusa to left, with hair in korymbos, Greek legend SY[...]
Rev: Octopus in linear circle
REFERENCE: BMC 131v, LE 551
GRADING: F, dark red patina, slight edge flaking
ORDER INFO: G2057, $25
Scarcer version of this early Syracusan bronze with Arethusa facing left. Slightly nicer than apparent on scan, with some detail of the octopus' rather curled tentacles present.