Syracuse
Double decadrachm or 100 litrae circa 405-400, AV 5.81 g. ΣΥΡΑ[ΚΟΣIΟΝ] Head of nymph Arethusa l., hair elaborately waved and caught up behind in star-ornamented sphendone and wearing necklace, bar and triple-pendant earring; behind, KA. Rev. Naked young Heracles kneeling r. on rocky ground, head to front, strangling the Nemean lion with both arms. De Ciccio – (DVIII/RXIV). SNG ANS 331. Bérend 33.2 (this coin illustrated).
Rare. A portrait of exquisite style struck in high relief, several edge nicks
and the reverse from a rusty die, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Hirsch XIV, 1905, 207; Hirsch XX, 1907, 157 and Vinchon 14 April 1984, Comtesse de Béhague, 51 sales. Privately purchased from Vinchon.