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Litra of Syracuse with female head, signed by Eukleidas or Euainetos
Greek
Classical Period
425–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 13 mm. Weight: 0.80 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.115
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0406.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Arethusa with plain earring, necklace with single bead in front; hair bound in net, (sphendone) behind, which is tied at top of head; three stars on sphendone; diadem above brow has two Greek letters.
Behind head a barley corn.
Inscription in Greek.
Simple border.
Reverse: Octopus with two tentacles intertwined.
Behind head a barley corn.
Inscription in Greek.
Simple border.
Reverse: Octopus with two tentacles intertwined.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren