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: VF, porosity-encrustation (more on obv.), dark toning ORDER INFO: G2428, $72 An affordable silver piece from the oldest period of the artistically famous Syracusan coinage