Syracuse

Double decadrachm or 100 litrae circa 405-400, AV 14 mm, 5.77 g. ΣΥΡΑ[ΚΟΣΙΩΝ] Head of nymph Arethusa l., hair elaborately waved and caught up behind in star ornamented sphendone, wearing necklace and earring; behind neck, pellet. Rev. Naked young Heracles kneeling r. on rocky ground, head to front, strangling the Nemean lion. de Ciccio 52 (these dies). SNG ANS 326 (these dies). Bérend 13.

Well-struck and centred in high relief. Surface somewhat tooled on cheek,

otherwise extremely fine

Ex NAC sale 27, 2004, 119.