- ID: 81

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1997-10-05

SYRACUSE (Sicily)

AV-20 Litrai c.400 BC.
Av.: Head of Herakles to l. wearing lion skin headdress.
Rv.: Incuse square, in center, in deeper circular incuse, small head of Arethusa to l.
1,06 g.

Ref.: cf. SNG ANS 351. Bérend pl.11,4 and 7.

BoC:  21/1, 1996, p.3.

FAKE – Struck from steel dies, the surfaces are much too shiny.